[RndTbl] small laptop for linux

[Hartmut W Sager]

Overall, the (former) netbooks would be your thing.  However, I don't think the netbooks existed near enough to the present to still be useful (if a used one were available).

But, a person I know in the large apartment building I live in, has asked me in the last 2 weeks whether I'd be interested in her mint-looking "sort of netbook".  I declined it because it is not upgradeable beyond its Windows 8 (8.0 or 8.1, possibly Win-S).  It is:

Asus model # T200TA-B1-BL

I think the screen can be detached and become a tablet of its own.

Hartmut

On Wed 20 Dec 2023 at 22:34:14 -06:00, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a cheap, small, light laptop (real laptop, not
> ChromeBook) for travelling, and I'll probably just hose any Windows and
> put on Linux.  In the $300-$800 space there are lots of laptops with
> "Windows For Education" and "Windows <whatever> In S Mode".  Is there any
> impediment to me buying those and hosing the Windows and installing Linux?
> 
> Have they done any more with locking down the secureboot thing and making
> it so I absolutely cannot install Linux?  If I can't turn it into a Linux
> box, it's useless to me.
> 
> And a second question: is it still pretty normal to install Linux on more
> "normal" laptops, like HP or Asus ones that are 1-2 years old with normal
> i5's or Ryzen 5's?  I know the old adage is "avoid Acer", but beyond that
> will most of the core components/drivers work: Intel o/b video, wifi,
> sound card.  I don't really care about webcam or lid-sleeping, though of
> course wouldn't turn my nose up at them.
> 
> The key is budget... mostly looking at super cheap corporate refurbs.
> Just want to have a couple of nice newer-ish Linux laptops, one for
> travel, and one for wife stuff, that also can do Win7 virtualized (don't
> ask! seriously!).
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