[ale] Good Linux Laptop from Lenovo?

[Jim Kinney]

It matters to get an external usb adapter that can do multiple tasks. If the new laptop has usb-c, that's great. A few extra older usb ports, ethernet, charging, and even hdmi can all run at once over that 1 C port.

On December 6, 2020 10:54:35 PM EST, Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 14:15:00 -0500
>Sean Kilpatrick via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>
>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 1:17 PM David A. De Graaf via Ale
><ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > On 12/6/20 12:44 PM, Bob Toxen via Ale wrote:  
>> > > I'm looking for advice on purchasing a new Laptop to install and
>> > > run Linux, almost certainly CentOS but maybe Slackware.  I'l
>
>> Ah, but an Ethernet/USB dongle exists. I have one and it works well.
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>
>Excellent idea, but the problem with modern "legacy free" laptops is,
>by the time you buy a USB DVD drive, and a USB ether net, and if you
>use a USB mouse because trackpads mess up your typing, pretty soon
>you're all out of USB slots, unless you also carry a USB hub. After
>awhile it's a Rube Goldberg Machine.
>
>There are those who say you don't need an optical drive because you can
>boot from thumb drives. My experience tells me that an optical drive,
>made by cdrecord or wodim against an ISO, always boots correctly. With
>thumb drives, you have to go through a series of rain dances to get
>them bootable, and each distro has its own set of raindances. Easy
>solutions like dd or unetbootin only work for some bootable software or
>distros.
>
>SteveT
>
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