[CALUG] Linux Laptops

Ben Figueroa bembie03 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 3 12:43:56 EST 2009


Aside from Skype, I've always had good experience with HP laptops (and desktops for that matter) and Ubuntu. For Adobe, I've installed the Medibuntu repositories and have not had issues.




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From: Eldon Ziegler <eldonz at atlanticdb.com>
To: Ben W <bigmojo74 at gmail.com>
Cc: calug at unknownlamer.org
Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 6:24:03 AM
Subject: Re: [CALUG] Linux Laptops

I've installed Ubuntu on my son's new Dell and Fedora on a couple of
Toshiba laptops without problems. The main complication was that Adobe
apps, like Flash, had to be installed separately. Nothing new about that
though.

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 20:42 -0800, Ben W wrote:
> I'm looking to get a laptop setup running Linux without spending $500+
> (netbooks aren't my thing.) Does anyone know any reliable places to
> check laptop compatability with Linux? I'll probably pick up an older
> full sized model and honestly my experience with Linux on laptops in
> the past has been less than productive what with lack of drivers in
> some cases. I'm looking to start a hardened build for Defcon 18 and
> walking with my current laptop running 7 is out of the question :-). 
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