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On 2025-02-10 08:35, David Brown wrote:
> On 07/02/2025 20:43, Carl Fink wrote:
>> Anyone have a recommendation for a Linux-installed, or second-best
>> Linux-compatible subnotebook? I'm defining a subnote as having a 10" or
>> smaller screen, and I'm looking to buy new, not refurb or used.
>>
> 
> I've never found much point in pre-installed Linux systems - they never 
> have the distro or setup I want.  But that might be just me.  So I tend 
> to get the hardware I want, then install the Linux I want, ignoring the 
> "pre-installed" Windows.

The point is that the machine has been tested with some Linux, although 
it is feasible they use some binary blob to support something, or that 
something only works on certain distro.


> Generally, most hardware works out of the box with a fairly modern 
> distro (vastly more than with Windows), but there are some things to 
> watch out for if you get a very new design.  The most common issue, I 
> think, is new laptops or notebooks with Wifi chips that are not 
> supported by the kernel versions that come as standard with a mainstream 
> distro like Mint or Ubuntu.  That means upgrading the kernel, which can 
> be a pain without a working network - and these machines often don't 
> have Ethernet.  So make sure you have a USB C docking station or 
> Ethernet adaptor handy for putting it all together.

Which is why I insist that laptops must have Ethernet.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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