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Can you recommend a good Linux-compatible laptop. I saw that Dell no longer sells Linux pre-installed on its XPS machines. What are some good alternatives?

tribaal 10y ago
I'm very happy with my System76. (I have an galago ultrapro - they don't make them anymore but still provide support). They used to have pretty bad reviews, but most if not all the people/colleagues I've asked are now happy about their purchase. YMMV. If I were to buy a laptop to run Ubuntu on today I'd go for their Lemur. Disclaimer: I work for Canonical. EDIT: Dell seems to sell their XPS 13 with Ubuntu still? Not sure what you meant: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?newtab=true http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?newt...
- hellofunk 10y ago
  Ah, I see the first mention of Ubuntu was far down the page, long after all the machine specs which only show Windows. Thanks for pointing that out. I wonder what the community feels about these XPS linux boxes.
  - hellofunk 10y ago
    What a strange site. It mentioned Ubuntu at the bottom, but when you go to customize and order a machine, Ubuntu is not an option.
    - nine_k 10y ago
      Strangely, it depends on the amount of RAM you choose.
nine_k 10y ago
My choice is consistently ThinkPad T series. This, among other things, was one of the machines Google supplied to their engineers as a Linux laptop. The high-resolution screen story of these laptops is somehow underwhelming. OTOH a matte screen by default is priceless; I can withstand a full HD 14" screen pretty well. Especially because X has much better font anti-aliasing for smaller fonts than OSX, so my Emacs and terminal windows look more readable even with lower DPI. A Thinkpad series T is not sleek, but I don't care. I care about the ability to cram a lot of battery power into it, though.

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Can you recommend a good Linux-compatible laptop. I saw that Dell no longer sells Linux pre-installed on its XPS machines. What are some good alternatives?

by hellofunk 10y ago

tribaal 10y ago
I'm very happy with my System76. (I have an galago ultrapro - they don't make them anymore but still provide support). They used to have pretty bad reviews, but most if not all the people/colleagues I've asked are now happy about their purchase. YMMV. If I were to buy a laptop to run Ubuntu on today I'd go for their Lemur. Disclaimer: I work for Canonical. EDIT: Dell seems to sell their XPS 13 with Ubuntu still? Not sure what you meant: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?newtab=true http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?newt...
- hellofunk 10y ago
  Ah, I see the first mention of Ubuntu was far down the page, long after all the machine specs which only show Windows. Thanks for pointing that out. I wonder what the community feels about these XPS linux boxes.
  - hellofunk 10y ago
    What a strange site. It mentioned Ubuntu at the bottom, but when you go to customize and order a machine, Ubuntu is not an option.
    - nine_k 10y ago
      Strangely, it depends on the amount of RAM you choose.
nine_k 10y ago
My choice is consistently ThinkPad T series. This, among other things, was one of the machines Google supplied to their engineers as a Linux laptop. The high-resolution screen story of these laptops is somehow underwhelming. OTOH a matte screen by default is priceless; I can withstand a full HD 14" screen pretty well. Especially because X has much better font anti-aliasing for smaller fonts than OSX, so my Emacs and terminal windows look more readable even with lower DPI. A Thinkpad series T is not sleek, but I don't care. I care about the ability to cram a lot of battery power into it, though.