[PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops

[Safiyat Reza]

I have found Lenovo IdeaPad series to be highly compatible with Linux and
many of them come without a bundled OS.
I guess you should check them out.
On 18-Jun-2015 11:33 am, "Gaurav Pant" <gauravggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pravin at dhayfule.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed OS.
>> These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without OS.
>> All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of
>> first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install Ubuntu
>> on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even after
>> passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux
>> support.
>>
>> I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I
>> just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can help
>> me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros may
>> be Debian based.
>>
>> There are lots of laptops available online which come with either free
> dos or linux. I had taken a asus X200L everything works fine except that
> the wifi card (Ralink) does not have any driver for Linux -- the only
> available are for ubuntu-linux and that too a very old version.
>
>
>
>> Regards
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>>
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