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| 02:02.51 | GGD | hey plarsen |
| 02:02.55 | GGD | hey jsmith |
| 02:03.01 | plarsen | greetings |
| 02:03.11 | GGD | did you get what i was asking on google? |
| 02:06.27 | GGD | about your machine that you were doing the hang out on.. |
| 02:25.42 | GGD | what was it? |
| 02:25.50 | GGD | and how much? |
| 02:34.29 | plarsen | Ohhh |
| 02:34.39 | plarsen | It's a Asus Transformer |
| 02:34.51 | plarsen | The tablet is around $200 (I got it for Christmas) |
| 02:35.06 | GGD | that looked very cool |
| 02:35.06 | plarsen | the keyboard (which is an extended battery and more) is about another $100 |
| 02:35.38 | GGD | not bad |
| 02:35.40 | plarsen | I take it with me when I travel. It's great for reading books, watching movies etc. |
| 02:35.42 | GGD | question for you |
| 02:35.46 | GGD | oh ill bet |
| 02:36.12 | GGD | what is a good hardware platform (laptop wise) to use to run linux |
| 02:36.27 | GGD | one with the most "bang for your buck"? |
| 02:36.30 | jsmith | The Thinkpads are always solid |
| 02:36.34 | GGD | if that makes sense |
| 02:36.43 | GGD | i want to get one |
| 02:36.58 | GGD | so i don't have to lug around the "death star" |
| 02:37.36 | GGD | which thinkpad jsmith would you recomment? |
| 02:37.39 | GGD | recommend |
| 02:39.51 | plarsen | I've got several "platforms" that are mobile with linux on them. I like the "beasts" the best, because I can do anything on them. The smaller and more light they are, the less options I have with them. |
| 02:41.09 | GGD | the workstation that you had that was red/orange? |
| 02:42.13 | jsmith | GGD: The x220 is a great machine, and the T520 is a bigger, beefier model |
| 02:42.36 | GGD | x220 was the one you are using right/ |
| 02:42.37 | GGD | ? |
| 02:42.43 | jsmith | has the T510 |
| 02:42.50 | jsmith | stickster_afk has an x220 |
| 02:43.04 | GGD | oh |
| 02:43.09 | GGD | and he wasnt there |
| 02:45.46 | GGD | ahh |
| 02:45.59 | GGD | i guess it comes down to personal prefs |
| 02:46.32 | jsmith | If I were to go out and buy a new one right now, it would be the x220 |
| 02:46.36 | jsmith | Does that settle it for you? |
| 02:48.09 | GGD | LOL |
| 02:48.24 | GGD | sure :) |
| 02:49.09 | GGD | jsut wanted to see what you all were using so that i know if i get a lappy that linux will work on it |
| 02:50.23 | plarsen | Lenovo's Thinkpads are pretty much straight forward using supported hardware. |
| 02:50.43 | GGD | awesome |
| 02:50.53 | GGD | plarsen: i was thinking the same thing.. |
| 02:50.58 | plarsen | I've been very very happy with the one I run with now. My old "orange" took some work to make work, but once I bypassed the issues of unsupported hardware, it worked nice. |
| 02:52.16 | GGD | which one do you use plarsen? |
| 02:52.39 | plarsen | T510 or 520 ... can't remember |
| 02:52.51 | plarsen | Fedora installed very very easy on it. |
| 02:52.53 | GGD | oh ok so you and jsmith are about the same? |
| 02:53.03 | plarsen | Don't know about Ubuntu - but I doubt it's going to be tough |
| 02:53.11 | GGD | but without the stickers? |
| 02:53.18 | GGD | ok |
| 02:53.46 | plarsen | They should be very related yes. |
| 02:54.10 | GGD | i think i made jsmith-away mad at me :) |
| 02:54.52 | GGD | i mean my hp "death star" machine i have runs very well with fedora |
| 02:55.07 | GGD | however i put centos on it and it doesn't see my bluetooth |
| 02:55.37 | GGD | at all thati know is there |
| 02:56.33 | plarsen | Centos is not meant for desktops |
| 02:56.46 | plarsen | Hence it doesn't have all the firmware and other stuff to make it work on Laptop hardware |
| 02:57.00 | plarsen | RHEL workstation has a bit of that - but compared to Fedora it still lacks a lot. |
| 02:57.01 | GGD | understood |
| 02:57.15 | GGD | its ment for servers :) |
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