On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 04:33:36PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
It's that time for me again... my desktop is getting long in the tooth so I'm starting to look around for a replacement. This time I thought I'd also include laptops in my search. However, with laptops it's difficult to find out just how well they work with Linux. Are all the built-in devices, webcams, fingerprint scanners etc, fully supported? Is the power management (ACPI) fully supported? Etc, etc...
In the past I've heard good things about Linux on IBM's ThinkPads. But I've heard some VERY bad things about getting Linux working well on Lenovo's recent models.
So, I resort to ask for advice on this mailing list.
What laptops should I have a look at? Is there some brand (Dell, HP, ...) that is more Linux friendly than others?
/M
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I'd consider any Lenovo Thinkpad, except for SL series. There is a very friendly article about their drivers - http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Drivers . The only thing, that SL series has, and the other ones don't, is HDMI interface. So, if it's essential for you, then Thinkpads won't suffice.