Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:47:16 +0000
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote:
> > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in
> > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020,
> > but very soon got supported better and better by the testing
> > distribution. When Bullseye got released, it was fully supported.
> >
>
> Results may vary: cheap Lenovo may be a very different experience to
> Thinkpad. There is a quality difference which depends on original price,
> I think.
To clarify: the difference is not necessarily between price points but
between the various series, i.e., between the highly regarded ones such
as the T, X, and W ThinkPad lines, and the lesser ones such as the
IdeaPad and ThinkPad E lines. The L series ThinkPad is apparently
in-between.
See, e.g.: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/5662i5/how_much_worse_is_the_lseries/
> All the very best, as ever,
>
> Andy Cater
>
>
> > I would assume that Lenovo machines generally are supported well by
> > Testing in a short time frame and can grow into a stable system. ;-)
> >
> > Christian
> >
> > Am 09.11.21 um 16:17 schrieb Tom Browder:
> > > My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running
> > > Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option),
> > > but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a
> > > standby replacement.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any recommendations for that. I have looked at both
> > > Emperor Linux and System 76 over the years. They always seem a bit
> > > pricey, but I'm willing to bite the bullet now if I have to--I'm getting
> > > too old to waste time on problem installations now.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -Tom
> >
>
Celejar
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