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minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoLenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThinkpads are supposed to be good (never tried), but i have a normal lenovo ideapad, and there’s no firmware update on LVFS… I had to update the bios using a windows boot disk, and one time it screwed up grub and debian couldnt boot until i fixed it with a liveCD
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months ago Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too. A costco HP I grabbed in a pinch has been rocking linux without any issues from day one.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoGood for you. In my anedocte, Pavillions were a removed to install Linux.
minus-squaresudoer777@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI have an HP Envy from several years ago and the BIOS is super locked down so I can’t enable secure boot on it. With my previous HP laptop, I had a ton of trouble getting the WiFi to work
Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.
Thinkpads are supposed to be good (never tried), but i have a normal lenovo ideapad, and there’s no firmware update on LVFS…
I had to update the bios using a windows boot disk, and one time it screwed up grub and debian couldnt boot until i fixed it with a liveCD
A costco HP I grabbed in a pinch has been rocking linux without any issues from day one.
Good for you. In my anedocte, Pavillions were a removed to install Linux.
I have an HP Envy from several years ago and the BIOS is super locked down so I can’t enable secure boot on it. With my previous HP laptop, I had a ton of trouble getting the WiFi to work