[PLUG] plug-mail Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11

Thu Jun 18 21:23:07 IST 2015

Hi Pravin ,
Check out https://system76.com/  This company offers multiple laptops
that are linux certified.
Dell XPS 13 is a very good laptop for Ubuntu Users.
http://zareason.com    This company offers multiple laptops that are
linux certified.

I am sure if you really want a Linux / Unix capable laptop you can get
a good laptop from the above list.

Personally I would suggest that you buy a Mac Laptop thought it is a
little costly.
It is very very developer friendly and also has a good screen which is
eye friendly.
Please dont start the FOSS and open source flame against apple.

I personally see that many developers here in Atlanta choose Mac Pro
laptops as the personal choice of development platform.

-Abhijeet

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> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:46:55 +0530
> From: Pravin Dhayfule <pravin at dhayfule.com>
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> Subject: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops
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> 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.
>
> Regards
> ________________________________________________________________________
> *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule*
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> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:32:48 +0530
> From: Gaurav Pant <gauravggs at gmail.com>
> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group" <plug-mail at plug.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops
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> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pravin at dhayfule.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor:
>> Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls
>> <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com
>> <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz
>> <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412*
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> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:41:51 +0530
> From: Safiyat Reza <reza.safiyat at acm.org>
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> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops
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> 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:
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>> 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
>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>> *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor:
>>> Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls
>>> <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com
>>> <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz
>>> <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412*
>>>
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> From: aag <aa at gdbl.me>
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>> On 18-Jun-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.
>
> http://www.amazon.in/Dell-Vostro-3445-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00LGMCKJ0?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=B00LGMCKJ0&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=9dc247b1-4927-41b3-b2cc-9d7e1c0d4fda#productDetails <http://www.amazon.in/Dell-Vostro-3445-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00LGMCKJ0?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=B00LGMCKJ0&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=9dc247b1-4927-41b3-b2cc-9d7e1c0d4fda#productDetails>
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> There are more like this one.
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> -a
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Abhijeet Anant Sane