Starting to investigate a Linux Mint notebook

Skybird · 08-15-16, 04:12 PM

I have ended my testing phase of Linux Mint and want to get rid of this dual boot with W7, which is a bit unhandy, needing to reboot several times per day, for games, and then for anything else. Im ready to remove Linux from my gaming W7 PC, and get a separate notebook for Linux. It should have Linux Mint pre-installed, not Ubuntu, I want it preinstalled, so that the company delivering must guarantee the compatability of all used hardware.

I will do evertyhing under Linux, except gaming. I surf a lot, so I want a not to bad display: 17". the companies to chose for Linux on notebooks, seem to be Asus, Acer and Lenovo.

I found this shop in Germany.

http://www.ixsoft.de/cgi-bin/web_sto...7-catalog.html

It seems Asus is the only option for 17" displays...?

Well, I know nothing about noteobook technology, models, labels, brands, and where to set the performance of this or that notebook grafics board, I also cannot rank their labels and names. Nothing. I tried to get an overview this afternoon, and bogged down.

Any tips and recommendations for what to look out for, what processor to favour, what graphics card? Any thoughts on some of the models on display there?

Money is not an issue, but I do not want to headlessly waste it. If I spend more, I want a convincing reason for why wanting to do so. Reliability and long lasting durability are the words to look out for. I hate to buy such stuff and loosing it already 3 years later. It has to last a bit longer.

Mobility is not much needed.

And finally: is their any decisive reason why one would want to favour Ubuntu over Mint here? A technical, a compatability reason, I mean? I noted that most shops over here, if they offer Linux-specialised notebooks at all, only offer Ubuntu and close derivates, but almost never Mint, although Mint today is the most widespread Linux distrubution. I want to stick with it, since it is said to be easier, and I do not want to deal with another Linux again while I even have not fully mastered Mint. Also, I like this Mint. Very much.

Purposes: email, surfing, text processing, and picture editing, video streaming sometimes, MP3 and CD burning. System safety goes first, since I do - already limited - banking via this system. Game-ability is a bonus, but no must.

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I also would ask for a good printer-scanner combo that reliably offers full functionality under Linux Mint. My old Canon printer and Canon scanner gave me troubles with Mint, since Canon offers no Linux support at all, and the open sources drivers did not reliably work with them. The printer should allow 3rd party ink cartridges (cheaper ink). HP gets called out often. True? I hear bad news about their ink cartridges, however, locking out third party offers. Not a huge monster box I want, but limited size of the chassis would be a bonus.

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P.S. Quite important to me: no noisy machine. The more silent it is, the better.

08-15-16, 04:12 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,645 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Starting to investigate a Linux Mint notebook I have ended my testing phase of Linux Mint and want to get rid of this dual boot with W7, which is a bit unhandy, needing to reboot several times per day, for games, and then for anything else. Im ready to remove Linux from my gaming W7 PC, and get a separate notebook for Linux. It should have Linux Mint pre-installed, not Ubuntu, I want it preinstalled, so that the company delivering must guarantee the compatability of all used hardware. I will do evertyhing under Linux, except gaming. I surf a lot, so I want a not to bad display: 17". the companies to chose for Linux on notebooks, seem to be Asus, Acer and Lenovo. I found this shop in Germany. http://www.ixsoft.de/cgi-bin/web_sto...7-catalog.html It seems Asus is the only option for 17" displays...? Well, I know nothing about noteobook technology, models, labels, brands, and where to set the performance of this or that notebook grafics board, I also cannot rank their labels and names. Nothing. I tried to get an overview this afternoon, and bogged down. Any tips and recommendations for what to look out for, what processor to favour, what graphics card? Any thoughts on some of the models on display there? Money is not an issue, but I do not want to headlessly waste it. If I spend more, I want a convincing reason for why wanting to do so. Reliability and long lasting durability are the words to look out for. I hate to buy such stuff and loosing it already 3 years later. It has to last a bit longer. Mobility is not much needed. And finally: is their any decisive reason why one would want to favour Ubuntu over Mint here? A technical, a compatability reason, I mean? I noted that most shops over here, if they offer Linux-specialised notebooks at all, only offer Ubuntu and close derivates, but almost never Mint, although Mint today is the most widespread Linux distrubution. I want to stick with it, since it is said to be easier, and I do not want to deal with another Linux again while I even have not fully mastered Mint. Also, I like this Mint. Very much. Purposes: email, surfing, text processing, and picture editing, video streaming sometimes, MP3 and CD burning. System safety goes first, since I do - already limited - banking via this system. Game-ability is a bonus, but no must. --- I also would ask for a good printer-scanner combo that reliably offers full functionality under Linux Mint. My old Canon printer and Canon scanner gave me troubles with Mint, since Canon offers no Linux support at all, and the open sources drivers did not reliably work with them. The printer should allow 3rd party ink cartridges (cheaper ink). HP gets called out often. True? I hear bad news about their ink cartridges, however, locking out third party offers. Not a huge monster box I want, but limited size of the chassis would be a bonus. --- P.S. Quite important to me: no noisy machine. The more silent it is, the better. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 08-15-16 at 04:36 PM.