On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 08:17, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:

I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed.

They do, but sometimes they use very new chips and drivers that

aren't yet available for other distros, so you may be stuck with the

vendor-supported distro until drivers become more widely available.

I recommend looking for a model from a couple years ago -- long

enough for user reports of any issues to be findable by Google.

At present, large organizations are replacing relatively new laptops

that won't run Windows 11 (e.g., some models of Dell Latitude 7480,

but see Setting up Linux in 7480 - Dell Community) so you might want

to check Dell's "refurbished" systems or eBay. One problem is that such

laptops are often sold with a variety of wifi cards, so you may

need to swap in a more linux-friendly component. Higher end

Dell and Lenovo are generally easier to service than some

consumer laptops, but you can often find online instructions for

SSD and wifi upgrades.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM Geoffrey Leach <geoff@hughes.net> wrote:
Hmmmm ... well how's about a company that designs *for* Linux?
Star Labs https://starlabs.systems/ is a UK company that sells direct.
I have their Starlite laptops and had absolutely no problem loading
Fedora 32, even though it's not one of their "guaranteed to run" distos.

Oh, and if something should go wrong, its nice to know that you won't
get the, "Oh, we don't support Linux" response.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:16:40 -0500 (EST)
joe@zeff.us wrote:

> I'm still trying to get my current laptop running again, but I'm
> probably going to need to get a new one. If nothing else, this one
> doesn't really have enough memory and it's maxed out.
>
> Right now, I'm also trying to get Xubuntu loaded onto my sister's
> Acer Aspire 1, and having considerable difficulty getting it to boot
> from the USB. I'm not comfortable with her new laptop and would
> rather not get myself an Acer. If any of you have had good
> experiences recently with getting Fedora installed on a laptop,
> suggestions would be very welcome.
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