• SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.

        • Da Oeuf@slrpnk.net
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          3 months ago

          Everything that I’ve tested. The wireless card is physically broken, so I haven’t been able to test that, but I had it running with FOSS drivers on Debian so I think it should be fine. From memory it was and Atheros chip from Aliexpress.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.

      A costco HP I grabbed in a pinch has been rocking linux without any issues from day one.

      • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I have an HP Envy from several years ago and the BIOS is super locked down so I can’t enable secure boot on it. With my previous HP laptop, I had a ton of trouble getting the WiFi to work

        • notthebees@reddthat.com
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          5 months ago

          That’s really odd. I have a pavilion of similar age and I enabled secureboot without issue. Old HP and wifi is pain and suffering.

          • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Maybe there’s a way, but I looked all over the settings and internet and even had an AI agent do a search for how to enroll my keys and couldn’t figure it out