[plug] Buy Linux laptop

[Byron Hammond]

I also thought the Gen7 X1 Carbon was a gift price.
Am happy with it so far.
Fingerprint scanner works too which is a nice bonus


from my mobile

On Sun, 1 Nov 2020, 6:29 pm Gregory Orange, <home at oranges.id.au> wrote:

> (got a bounce on 22/10, trying again)
>
> Thanks everyone for the input. I had a lot of options in the end, and Star
> Labs were close to the top. In the end I *just* missed a ThinkPad X1 Carbon
> Gen 8 great price yesterday, but the price on a Gen 7 with almost identical
> specs was still great for me, so I've bought it.
>
> I'll (try not to) see if Black Friday deals make me regret my haste!
>
> Greg.
>
>
> On 20/10/20 4:34 pm, Gregory Orange wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I'm looking to buy a <2kg Linux laptop. This time around, I'd like 99%
> hardware support, particularly including lid open and close, suspend and
> resume, because that's the killer feature of my crusty MBP. What are the
> chances of that with LXDE, or perhaps LXQt now Lubuntu LTS ships with that?
> >
> > I don't mind using another distro. 1080p preferable. External monitor(s)
> required. I don't know much about docks, but I suppose that's a good idea.
> >
> > https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop looks useful - I could spend a
> bunch of time sifting through options to see what's available in AU. No
> surprises that Dell and Lenovo feature there.
> >
> > Any thoughts? Where to buy?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg.
> >
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