[kwlug-disc] Local linux friendly PC vendors

[Bob Jonkman]

Hi Ron: I'm in need of some acronym expansion... I'm guessing CSD != 
Computer Shop Depot, FPR != Fancy Plug Receptacle, TLP != That Linux 
Program, CTO =? Chief Technology Officer, CN != Canadian National 
railways...

--Bob.


On 2020-11-29 4:28 p.m., Ron Singh wrote:
> I've known Yale at CSD since he was 17yo...a real fine fella and a straight
> shooter.
> 
> On Friday, I received my 1st batch of T14s(slimmer vers of the T14) and
> have loaded Mint 20(based on Ubu 20.04LTS) and everything is recognized,
> all ports tried except for the FPR, no one in my world uses them. Of the 15
> units, 3 will be running Mint 20 for the rest of their working lives, so it
> will be a good test bed to see how them stack up. I did turn off all the
> cruft in the BIOS like secure boot at all that, I dumbed it down as much as
> possible, TLP works a treat, BT same.
> 
> I did have the issue(AGAIN) of the mouse pointer acceleration being too
> fast, and adjusting it with the GUI tool was ineffective. I ripped out the
> LIBINPUT driver set(as per Clem of Mint) and stuffed in the EVDEV driver.
> Fixed! All good. now. This issue has haunted me with many Thinkpads and a
> couple of HP Z Workstation laptops, from 2012 models all the way to the
> current 2020 stuff.
> 
> FWIW.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron S.
> BTW: These units wered CTO configs ordered on Nov 7th and I got them from
> CN on Nov 27th...not bad for a CTO from CN!
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
> 
>> csdepot.com is a local Lenovo dealer (although they've moved to
>> Cambridge), and most Lenovo products (the Thinkpads, some other laptops,
>> and a bunch of desktops) now have official Linux support, and some can be
>> purchased with Linux preinstalled.
>>
>> I'm not recommending anything yet because my Thinkpad T14 still hasn't
>> been delivered.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Chris Frey wrote:
>>> So I was browsing the Canada Computers site, as one does on Black Friday,
>>> and when I emailed them, they said they could not comment on Linux,
>>> and installing it would void the warranty.
>>>
>>> Shock.  Horror.  :-)
>>>
>>> It's been so long since I've bought a brand new system that I don't
>>> know who the linux-friendly vendors are in town.  So, at risk of
>>> opening a large thread, what do people recommend?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> - Chris
>>>
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