Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016?

Posted by nodivbyzero on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @03:56PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Looking for new laptop. I'd like to buy top hardware and run linux (probably Arch).

What is your recommendation?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by charlieegan3 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @03:59PM (#11772631)

You might want to take a look a the comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11503951

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by nodivbyzero on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:03PM (#11773071)

Thanks for this link.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by deaddodo on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:04PM (#11773073)

I bought the IdeaPad 700, specifically because it's 1080p (not messing with scaling). Works 100% out of the box (with ubuntu gnome, at least). you can find it here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/700-...

I have the 1049 USD model, but the specs are similar enough between them (just CPU/RAM/HDD differences) that they should all work similarly.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by zolokar on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @06:35PM (#11773695)

I just got a Thinkpad x260 and I'm running Ubuntu MATE on it. The wireless card is Intel, so no problems with drivers or anything.

It comes with mini displayport too, but I've had some issue where the laptop will freeze up when the display port is plugged in and the laptop screen is also on. Other than that it has HDMI and about 17 hours of battery life.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by sdx23 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @04:25PM (#11772782)

"best" will heavily depend on what you expect / want to use it for. So, you should probably specify this more clearly.

On the "for linux" part: most (not too) current hardware is fine, compatibilitywise.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by jmhain on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @04:29PM (#11772816)

I wouldn't quite call it "top hardware", but I've been very happy running Fedora on my asus zenbook ux305la.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by nitai on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @10:44PM (#11774931)

Check out the latest dell xps13. They come with 16gb ram, ssd, great screen, etc. Also pre-installed with ubuntu

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Linux Laptop 2016? by crispytx on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @04:05PM (#11772667)

My Lenovos run Ubuntu and Fedora well.

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