[TriLUG] laptop shopping

Michael Rothwell michael at rothwell.us
Wed Feb 5 10:24:32 EST 2014


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:

> Michael, is this question about my T430?
>

It's a question about Aaron's pixel.


>
> Yes, it is a fully dedicated Linux machine.
> - Main OS: Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 6.4
> - VM Ware Player (Win7; TinyXP; CentOS; RHEL 6.4; CrunchBang; Linux Mint
> 15)
> - USB Bootable tools: SysRescue; Mint13Live; CentOS LIve; CrunchBang
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Michael Rothwell <michael at rothwell.us
> >wrote:
>
> > Do you actually use it as a Linux machine, by installing Ubuntu - or at
> > least crouton - on it?
> > On Feb 5, 2014 12:09 AM, "Aaron Joyner" <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
> >
> > > By far the best Linux laptop I've ever used:
> > >
> > > https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/
> > > On Feb 5, 2014 12:02 AM, "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Any recommendations for a laptop that has suspend-to-disk (hibernate
> to
> > > > disk) and Just Works (TM)?  I used to love the feature on my old Sony
> > > Vaio
> > > > PCG-505GX, but it's been out of date for a decade, and my current
> > > > MacBookPro (which doesn't have it) is showing signs of advanced age.
> > > >
> > > > Preferences:
> > > > 1. small-ish (17" is too big... 12"-14" would be nice)
> > > > 2. supports suspend-to-disk under Linux
> > > > 3. decent video card (NV would be nice)
> > > > 4. wireless works under Linux without too much trouble
> > > >
> > > > I like Sony and I like Lenovo, but I'm not stuck on either one.  I
> > refuse
> > > > to use Compaq/HP/Dell.
> > > >
> > > > Looking forward to the suggestions....
> > > >
> > > > William Sutton
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