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The eternal question ... Whenever one goes to buy a laptop, be it a notebook or a netbook, one gets scared of whether the kernel will correctly detect all the pieces of hardware that compose it. This is especially true for those who come from Windows and are afraid of "making the leap" because they find it absolutely incredible that practically no drivers have to be installed (in some cases only the video card or the Wi-Fi).
Linux is like that, not only does it install much but much faster than the latest Windows 7, but also, once the installation is finished, it does not require the extra installation of drivers or having to restart the machine 800 thousand times until finally we can use it. |
As you know, the best way to see if a computer, whatever it is, works well with Linux is using a liveCD or a liveUSB. Once they run the distro of their choice that way, they will be able to check if it detected all the hardware correctly and if any compatibility issues have occurred. Regarding this last point, it should be mentioned that some distros, although they are based on the same kernel, may have better compatibility with the hardware they are using than others.
However, this option (the one for liveCD / liveUSB) is not really a valid option when going to the computer business to buy the computer of your dreams; much less if they are going to buy it online. What to do in those moments of despair? Well, this was the main reason for this post, to recommend a site that I found yesterday almost by chance and that accumulates the experiences of different users with many of the most popular laptops.
The site is called linlap.com and you will see that it allows you to search for compus by brand and model, so it is very easy to use. It is completely in English, but if the language is not a problem for you, I recommend that you use it, not only to search for information but also to contribute your experiences and help other users.
Another thing that I found very interesting is the «Guides» section that has the site, which includes a series of step-by-step tutorials on how to install the most popular Linux distros, see if the computer is compatible, etc. In addition, they include there, a tool series to check the , ACPI and Wireless.
What are your experiences with Linux and your laptops?
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with GNOME desktop (not Unity) with an Intel Atom @ 1.80 GHz netbook and 1 GB of RAM, perfect! (although he has the mania to tell me that I have 2 cores ...).
The same team with Fedora 10 was "frozen" for 10 seconds and gave me the odd kernel panic.
The same team with OpenSuse11 had a hard time setting up the graph.
The HP desktop computer that I have at work, Intel duo 2.0GHz, 4GB of RAM perfect with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and OpenSuse12.0, but the graphics card (nvidia GeForce GT 430 1GB) gives me a lot of problems. In OpenSuse I can still install the nvidia driver (although not without problems) but in Ubuntu, not. With ATI card (sorry, I do not remember the model but it is 1GB), perfect.
I want to buy an Alienware, but I don't know if Debian is 100% compatible, I also want it with an AMD processor but Dell only sells Intel-shiiit
Hello,
I tested a version of linux mint 13 and it worked perfect
with USB live, but trying to install it blocked the installation to
half. I downloaded the same version again, I used MD5 to see that the
download of the file was correct, the probe and both in live version and
installed on the hard drive works perfectly.
En
Conclusion, it could be that the downloaded file may be corrupted to
medias, that is, it will affect the installation and not the live version.
regards
I have a problem with the hp pavilion my battery goes very fast uu
The truth is that I can't think of what could have gone wrong ...
In general, if liveusb works, the installation should work as well.
Maybe it's some other program that you installed after system installation ...
A hug! Paul.
On November 8, 2012 08:08 pm, Disqus wrote:
I had a case with an acer that testing Ubuntu and linuxMint with liveUSB worked perfectly .. but when installing either of the two the screen was completely without lights .. even if I installed the proprietary drivers, it still failed me .. in that case what would be the problem?
Of course, if it's going to work for you, it just takes a little time to get used to it.
go to this page to find more information:
http://www.mylifelinux.com
Which store do I go to in Mexico City or Morelos or Puebla to buy a Dell with Linux or Ubuntu pre-installed?