Re: [orca-list] A good laptop for linux

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

You may do better downloading and installing the Firmware-Debian iso
since that has many wifi adapters already available to you.
If you want a Linux Laptop out of the box on which you specify which
version of Linux gets installed, thinkpenguin.com can help you with
that.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020, Cory Samaha via orca-list wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:13:43
> From: Cory Samaha via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> Reply-To: Cory Samaha <csamaha86 gmail com>
> To: Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: [orca-list] A good laptop for linux
>
> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if this is considered off topic. If so, please flog me with a stick or something. :) I began 
> playing with Linux again about a month ago. I only had my Mac computer with virtualization software. It 
> became apparent to me that if I wanted to start getting serious about learning and regularly using Linux 
> that I would probably need something better than just virtualization software. I tried to resurrect my 
> mom?s old Windows 7 laptop for this purpose and wanted to install Debian Mate. Unfortunately, this didn?t 
> bring me much luck, as it wouldn?t recognize the wifi adapter. In Windows device manager there are about 
> four network adapters that seem to refer to wifi - an intel centrino adapter, intel wimax adapter and some 
> Microsoft Wifi adapter bridge. Yes, you can probably tell that this computer is quite old. Of course the 
> Cintrino line from Intel has been discontinued, and I doubt a linux driver ever existed anyway. In any 
> case, I didn?t know if anyone had some suggestions 
 for a good laptop. All I really need is for the hardware, including sound and networking to work properly. 
Seems like System76 is a popular Linux computer brand. I have also heard of Purism, a company that takes 
privacy into consideration which I appreciate. Of course, I could just go with a regular Dell or HP setup and 
hope everything works. I know at least Dell has a configuration that they advertise works with Linux. 
Basically I want to be able to run something like Debian, and occasionally boot into Tails. I?m not sure if 
anyone has any thoughts. As I said, if this is off topic I do apologize in advance. But, I would appreciate 
any contributions if anyone has them. Thank you so much in advance.
> Kind Regards,
> Cory
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