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Hardware support of laptops for FOSS is not that good unless you restrict yourself to Dell or IBM.

pavs 9y ago
Also has very good support on Lenovo (in my experience), which would make 3 of the largest PC/Laptop manufacturers in the world that has good linux support. Here is a list of certified vendors for Ubuntu: https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/ https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/
eitland 9y ago
My HP laptops have also had zero problems running Linux for years.
as1mov 9y ago
It hasn't been the case since a long time really. I have used it on enterprise HP and Lenovo laptops and everything works flawlessly.
Yetanfou 9y ago
A strange argument: hardware support of laptops for MacOS is officially non-existent unless you restrict yourself to Apple. As soon as you're willing to consider 'Hackintosh' installations you should also consider Linux distributions as those are generally far easier to install and maintain.
orionblastar 9y ago
IBM no longer makes desktop PC s or laptops. Sold the designs to Lenovo years ago. I had HP and Compaq laptops that ran Linux as well.
majewsky 9y ago
That was true 5-10 years ago, these days it's much better (except for some old offenders like Nvidia GPUs or Broadcom WiFi modules). My Asus notebook never lacked any support even though I bought it just three days after that particular model was first released.
bwat49 9y ago
While I would say that throwing linux on any random laptop and expecting perfect compatibility is foolhardy, it's really not that difficult to find a linux compatible laptop these days. In general if you stay away from anything too esoteric, and avoid hardware that needs proprietary drivers (e.g. nvidia graphics, broadcom wifi etc...) most things should work out of the box, but it's a good idea to do a bit of research on anything you're thinking of buying if linux compatibility is desired. There are also various smaller vendors like system76 that sell laptops with linux pre-installed.

pavs 9y ago

Also has very good support on Lenovo (in my experience), which would make 3 of the largest PC/Laptop manufacturers in the world that has good linux support. Here is a list of certified vendors for Ubuntu: https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/ https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/

eitland 9y ago

My HP laptops have also had zero problems running Linux for years.

as1mov 9y ago

It hasn't been the case since a long time really. I have used it on enterprise HP and Lenovo laptops and everything works flawlessly.

Yetanfou 9y ago

A strange argument: hardware support of laptops for MacOS is officially non-existent unless you restrict yourself to Apple. As soon as you're willing to consider 'Hackintosh' installations you should also consider Linux distributions as those are generally far easier to install and maintain.

orionblastar 9y ago

IBM no longer makes desktop PC s or laptops. Sold the designs to Lenovo years ago. I had HP and Compaq laptops that ran Linux as well.

majewsky 9y ago

That was true 5-10 years ago, these days it's much better (except for some old offenders like Nvidia GPUs or Broadcom WiFi modules). My Asus notebook never lacked any support even though I bought it just three days after that particular model was first released.

bwat49 9y ago

While I would say that throwing linux on any random laptop and expecting perfect compatibility is foolhardy, it's really not that difficult to find a linux compatible laptop these days. In general if you stay away from anything too esoteric, and avoid hardware that needs proprietary drivers (e.g. nvidia graphics, broadcom wifi etc...) most things should work out of the box, but it's a good idea to do a bit of research on anything you're thinking of buying if linux compatibility is desired. There are also various smaller vendors like system76 that sell laptops with linux pre-installed.