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2017 Phoronix Linux Laptop Survey Results

posted by martyb on Sunday July 09 2017, @09:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the survivor-bias? dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a two week survey period, Phoronix has published the results from their inaugural Linux Laptop Survey. There were 30,171 responses and while there may be some additional follow-up articles in the days/weeks ahead, the initial review has been published. One goal of the survey was to gather feedback about the current state of GNU/Linux hardware compatibility. Overall the situation is better than it was even a few years ago, but there are still many problems here and there. The situation is summed up in two pages, complete with diagrams, over at Phoronix.

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  • (Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Sunday July 09 2017, @06:50PM (1 child)

    by Appalbarry (66) on Sunday July 09 2017, @06:50PM (#536876) Journal

    Admittedly my needs are fairly ordinary, but I picked up a used Dell E6400 a couple of weeks ago. It arrived with a somewhat dubious Win10 install. I figured that a Dell would be well supported by Linux, so I downloaded a Mint ISO, tossed it on a USB Stick, and did a fresh install, overwriting Windows. No research, not even a fast Google, just trusted that it would do the job.

    And it just works, out of the box, with no problems that I can see. For web stuff and LibreOffice it's actually more than zippy enough to keep me happy. Not bad for under $200 overall.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:37AM (#536997)

    my needs are fairly ordinary

    ...as are those of the vast majority of folks.
    Folks who actually put significant stress their expensive bleeding edge hardware are few.
    "Good enough" has been a thing for a lot of years.

    The amount of stuff that is available without Windoze on it (or without paying The Windoze Tax yet again) is enormous.

    There's one particular vendor with a glowing reputation for customer satisfaction.
    They've got lots of stuff that meet these specs. [google.com]

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