Hi George.
The laptop in question would be one of the AMD 5 ryzen 6/10 core
systems from the hp site.
I'd add mem/1TB internal drive as well.
thanks for your comments!
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:05 AM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:21 PM bruce <badouglas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Looking at getting another laptop.
>>
>> Any thoughts on completely transferring as well as updating the data
>> on the current drive to the new laptop.
>
>
> I populate my home directory on a new machine from the backup of the old machine. In
the past I used NFS, but now my backups are on USB drives. It
> Is helpful to have the old machine in working order to troubleshoot things
> that break on the new system (usually my own programs that use a library that
> is no longer available from distros — a hint that I need to find a newer library.
>>
>>
>> Assume I might be dealing with a diff flavor of linux. I'm not sure
>> what the new laptop will have.
>>
>> I don't want bleeding edge fedora.. (unless I change my mind).
>>
>> I don't want RHEL/centos -- I'd like to be newer.
>>
>> So, give me your thoughts as well as best practice that you use for
>> this kind of process...
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>
> I find there are often issues with newer systems. At present, businesses are
> dumping windows systems that won’t run Win11, so you can find higher end
> laptops 2 or 3 years old at bargain prices. Many are excellent linux platforms,
> but you need to check on
linux-hardware.org. There are often issues with display
brightness, sound, or wifi. I deal with by updating the wifi and using a USB
> sound dongle or a high end USB sound device.
>
> Laptops this age generally allow you to upgrade internal wifi, RAM, and SSD. If
> you are considering a big-name laptop with linux pre-installed, you may be able to
> check the specs at
linux-hardware.org.
>
> --
> George N. White III
>
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