On 11/12, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, November 12, 2017 02:39:22 AM dekks herton wrote:in general - any modern laptop will run debian fine [with any DE you choose] with IMO the following caveats 1) Avoid ones with hybrid dual graphics ie intel/nvidia aka optimus 2) Avoid anything realtekI'd add, "avoid Broadcom if you want to use WiFi"--it requires some extra steps for installation (and is even more of a pain until you realize that is what you need to do)"
Until the last 18 months i would have agreed but they hired one of the leading kernal gfx hackersand now forced by the Pi market are supporting newer stuff. Enough to come off my black list, however i'm keeping an eye on them to see if they relapse.
-- regards..... Jabber IM:dekkzz78@jabber.hot-chilli.net
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