[GRLUG] Best hardware for Linux

[Joseph VanDerStelt]

I had less trouble getting Linux to run on my Asus laptop than Windows 
Vista. The later could not use my wireless or lan hardware (among 
others) out of the box. Linux (Ubuntu) just worked. It sold me. I no 
longer use windows at all on my laptop because of it. The only two 
computers in my home that still have windows are my wife's laptop and 
the box I have hooked to the TV. The only reason for that? Well, netflix.

On 10/09/2010 03:36 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
> Linux Journal points out that
> some hardware works better
> with Linux than others, and that
> laptops in particular have the
> most problems.  The solution,
> if there is one, is a little to a
> lot of tweaking, which often turns
> off newbies big time if it is their
> first foray in to Linux, and they
> hit a particularly temperamental
> platform.
>
> That said, what would people here
> suggest as the best Desktops and
> Laptops for Linux.  There are so
> many combinations and types of
> peripherals that this is a somewhat
> vague question.  But in terms of
> out of the box works well with Linux,
> what brands and models would
> people here suggest?
>
> Sadly, some of this come from the
> driver situation, where M$ is in the
> cat bird seat.
>
>    -- Bob
>
>
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