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blubb-fish on July 31, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dell XPS 13 Kabylake Makes for a Great Linux Lapto...

two of several appeals of Linux to me are the fact that it is free and modest on resources.

from that angle it seems slightly ironic that all those great Linux laptops leave the 1000 usd mark way behind them.

thing is, I'm actually intending to buy a laptop and have Mint run on it.

any suggestions for a laptop cheaper than 1k?

I'm eyeing Dell latitude 5480.

kobrad on July 31, 2018 [–]

I bought a used acer from 2012 and the only bad thing is battery life of around three hours. Can't imagine paying for a new laptop

blubb-fish on Aug 1, 2018 | [–]

i had very bad experiences 1st and 2nd hand with Acer, though. unprovoked crashes, WiFi not working without significant research and fiddling. multiple models.

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