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Ask HN: Best hardware for Ubuntu?
I'm getting into Ubuntu, and read on several forums that OSX Lion borked any chances of dual booting on a MacBook. What are my best bets for hardware (preferably laptops)?
- aitoehigie 14y agoI would say using a VM with ubuntu isnt so bad
- bluestix 14y agoI have Ubuntu 12 running on a Toshiba laptop. Runs fine. Toshiba's keyboards kind of suck now but otherwise they are pretty solid.
- jagot 14y agoAnything Lenovo is generally deemed to have a fairly decent build quality, along with some of the best Linux compatibility amongst laptop manufacturers.
- jfaucett 14y agoIf you want to strap a monitor to your laptop don't go with Dell, (I've had several problems with the Dell XPS and Ubuntu including a white screen of death), Ubuntu probably won't recognize the driver.
- yashchandra 14y agoI setup Ubuntu 11 along with Windows 7 on my Lenovo laptop and it has been working beautifully so far.
- vermasque 14y agoI've had a good experience with Ubuntu on one of Dell's Vostro laptops. Vostros are part of Dell's small business offerings, but you don't have to actually run a business to buy or use them.
- kevinSuttle 14y agoThanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm having some fun trying out Ubuntu on VirtualBox in Lion. I actually made another user account and running it full screen is pretty seamless. I still want to check out the Lenovo hardware based on the answers so far. Thanks everyone!
- LukeHoersten 14y agoI run Ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook Air and it works great. I love it.
- silas 14y agoI've had good experiences with Thinkpads, Ubuntu has their own list: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/ http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/
- curiousfiddler 14y agoI've been using Thinkpad (T series) on Ubuntu for 3 years now. Faced absolutely no problem whatsoever. Also like their keyboards.