[RndTbl] small laptop for linux

[Chris Audet]

I've always had mixed results installing Linux on laptops that shipped with
Windows.  It mostly works, but there's always been issues of varying
severity.

>The key is budget... mostly looking at super cheap corporate refurbs.
Gonna take a moment to shill for Bauer, they have a good selection of
refurb corpo laptops.  I've bought from them many times, they ship from
Ontario:
https://www.bauersystems.com/price-list/

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 10:35 PM Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:

> I'm looking at getting a cheap, small, light laptop (real laptop, not
> ChromeBook) for travelling, and I'll probably just hose any Windows and
> put on Linux.  In the $300-$800 space there are lots of laptops with
> "Windows For Education" and "Windows <whatever> In S Mode".  Is there any
> impediment to me buying those and hosing the Windows and installing Linux?
>
> Have they done any more with locking down the secureboot thing and making
> it so I absolutely cannot install Linux?  If I can't turn it into a Linux
> box, it's useless to me.
>
> And a second question: is it still pretty normal to install Linux on more
> "normal" laptops, like HP or Asus ones that are 1-2 years old with normal
> i5's or Ryzen 5's?  I know the old adage is "avoid Acer", but beyond that
> will most of the core components/drivers work: Intel o/b video, wifi,
> sound card.  I don't really care about webcam or lid-sleeping, though of
> course wouldn't turn my nose up at them.
>
> The key is budget... mostly looking at super cheap corporate refurbs.
> Just want to have a couple of nice newer-ish Linux laptops, one for
> travel, and one for wife stuff, that also can do Win7 virtualized (don't
> ask! seriously!).
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