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| DATE | 2015-06-05 |
| FROM | Paul Robert Marino
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Linux Laptops cheap
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the touch screen on my work laptop works fine with both ubuntu and
fedora, Linux thinks its a Wacom tablet which just happens to be exact
the size of my screen lol. Wacom tablets have been supported on Linux
for decades and it seems like most of the new tablets are
standardizing on a variant of the wacom driver.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:
>
> On 06/05/2015 10:44 AM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>> who cares that just tells you that you wont have a problem installing OpenSuSE!
>
> You are probably right. I will say however, :)
>
> I'm mostly using Manjaro with openrc.
>
> I did have a problem, however, with the fit/pc when I moved it to
> opensuse. They senty it with an older
> version of opensuse and I installed 12.3 which was the top of the line
> at the time. The graphic card has
> never worked right in the newer versions. The older versions it worked
> fine. I don't know why and since
> it is my server, I never really picked it apart. But there was
> something about the intel graphics card was
> problem.
>
> Now, with the laptop, it will probably work just fine. The touch screen
> ones, I wonder if there are Umbuntu
> specific drivers for the gesters et al.
>
> Ruben
>
>
>> and ram is cheap these days just lookup the model on crucials site and
>> it will tell you what your ram options are. the reason most
>> manufacturers don't let you customize the ram on laptops and desktops
>> is they just buy it from crucial install it and charge you for the the
>> convenience. Dell HP and Lenovo figured out a few years ago installing
>> ram is so easy a trained (very heavy) squire could do it, and it
>> wasn't worth paying additional staff and keeping warehouses stocked
>> with the extra parts. further more since crucial doesn't give large
>> manufacturers a lower price than the retail price on their web site
>> there is now way they can compete economically.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:
>>> On 06/05/2015 10:04 AM, einker wrote:
>>>> My advice is to go with a full Intel Processor and more memory (Actually I
>>>> would add 4GB more to even these models)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-14-3451-laptop-ubuntu/pd?oc=dncwf002subb&l=en
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3551-laptop-ubuntu/pd?oc=dncwc002sb&l=en
>>>>
>>>> New Inspiron 14 3000 Series Non-Touch & New Inspiron 15 3000 Series
>>>> Non-TouchNew Inspiron 14 3000 Series Non-Touch
>>>>
>>>> - Intel® Pentium® Processor N3540 (2M Cache, up to 2.66 GHz)
>>>> - Ubuntu Linux 14.04 SP1
>>>> - 4GB Single Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx1)
>>>> - 14.0-inch HD (1366 x 768) Truelife LED-Backlit Display
>>>> - 500GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
>>>>
>>>> New Inspiron 15 3000 Series Non-Touch
>>>>
>>>> - Intel® Pentium® Processor N3540 (2M Cache, up to 2.66 GHz)
>>>> - Ubuntu Linux 14.04 SP1
>>>> - 4GB Single Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx1)
>>>> - 15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Truelife LED-Backlit Display
>>>> - 500GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't care about the chip, but the memory for sure, and the HD is
>>> small. Is that a single processor unit?
>>>
>>> The price though for a NEW unit is pretty dam good.
>>>
>>> You can't upgrade this model but they have an array of offering. My
>>> catch is that I HATE umbuntu
>>>
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