“I recently decided to buy myself a laptop. This is the first
laptop I have ever purchased, and the first computer I’ve bought in
about five years. I shopped around and tried to get an idea of what
options are available, the average price for the feature set I
wanted, and (most importantly) which models have successfully seen
Linux installed on them.“The topic of Linux on the desktop has captured much media
attention lately. While running Linux specifically on a laptop has
attracted less attention, everything that applies to Linux on a
desktop also applies to laptops. Why Linux, and why Linux on a
laptop…?”
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