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On 08/02/18 10:26, Edward Lister wrote:
I bought my laptop from pcspecialist.co.uk a few years ago and I've had great success with Linux compatibility. I believe they resell various Sager/Clevo chassis and are geared around letting customers specify component selection via their website, and that strongly favours a selection of laptop chassis which are easily configurable and therefore maintainable. My laptop has been a joy to tinker with, indeed repasting the heatsinks last year was a matter of 20 minutes work.I can second that about pcSpecialist. Both laptops in use here were bought from them, one in June 2013 and the other in June 2014, this one with an SSD. They have never been any trouble and, of course, they are both running different distros now. I can recommend them. Just make sure that the people setting up the machine know that you are going to install Linux, so they will make sure that secure boot is off.As for Linux, I've tested the following distros on my laptop: Ubuntu, Debian, MX Linux, SuSE Leaf, Solus and Fedora, and aside from nvidia optimus headaches (which you won't have to deal as I presume you aren't interested in discrete GPU options for strong gaming performance) it's been able to cope with anything I throw at it.I've put together a 14" spec for under Â500 at the following URL: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/ultranoteiv-14/y3yARTuT!m/There's another option for an alternate chassis with a larger (15") screen and more powerful CPU (i5), however it would mean sacrificing the SSD and I can't recommend that! Here's a comparison of your current CPU and the one configured in the spec above: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-7100U-vs-Intel-Celeron-N2930/m176913vsm13386I hope this helps, Ed
Back then they were not very aware of Linux, but they may be more up to date now. If I were in need of another laptop I would certainly look at them first.
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