recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux?
Dear nmglug-ers, I'm about to have 11 students in the upcoming Institute for Computing in Research internship program (https://computinginresearch.org/) purchase laptops to run a GNU/Linux distribution. We subsidize them for up to $400 on these laptops. In the first two years things went OK but with some problems: most of the laptops ended up being $400 plus something, straining our budget, and some of them had annoyances with microphone and wifi drivers. Does anyone keep up to date on best laptops for the linux kernel in various price ranges? Any advice? And there is also always a question running in the back of my head: would anyone know how to find a local (or global) business that might subsidize the laptops for our students? I keep thinking that there must be some way to get Lenovo or some other company to either give away some laptops, or to sell us a $560 laptop for $400 -- we are a very deserving non-profit, after all. Unfortunately so far my attempts at following the chain of companies to their educational outreach people have turned out to be time-consuming dead ends.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/EVOO-15-6-FHD-Ultra-Thin-Intel-Core-i7-8GB-Memory... On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:29 AM Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
Dear nmglug-ers,
I'm about to have 11 students in the upcoming Institute for Computing in Research internship program (https://computinginresearch.org/) purchase laptops to run a GNU/Linux distribution.
We subsidize them for up to $400 on these laptops.
In the first two years things went OK but with some problems: most of the laptops ended up being $400 plus something, straining our budget, and some of them had annoyances with microphone and wifi drivers.
Does anyone keep up to date on best laptops for the linux kernel in various price ranges? Any advice?
And there is also always a question running in the back of my head: would anyone know how to find a local (or global) business that might subsidize the laptops for our students? I keep thinking that there must be some way to get Lenovo or some other company to either give away some laptops, or to sell us a $560 laptop for $400 -- we are a very deserving non-profit, after all.
Unfortunately so far my attempts at following the chain of companies to their educational outreach people have turned out to be time-consuming dead ends. _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
NMGLugers, Right, the "Computer Charity, Inc." is at that address, at least it was when I last checked. Mike Harcharik is the current Exec. Director. You can try him at cnnm_mike@cybermesa.com; the phone is still 505-983-2577. That is a little more current than the 501c3 listing. Thank you, Ted P. On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 2:27 PM Harold Furbiter <wwcorigan@mail.com> wrote:
If you are a 501c or other non-profit you may want to contact
https://www.centerfornonprofitexcellence.org/nonprofit-directory/nonprofit/4...
That's what they do.
Cheers,
*Sent:* Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 9:28 AM *From:* "Don Crowder" <donguitar@gmail.com> *To:* "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug@lists.nmglug.org> *Subject:* Re: [nmglug] recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/EVOO-15-6-FHD-Ultra-Thin-Intel-Core-i7-8GB-Memory...
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:29 AM Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
Dear nmglug-ers,
I'm about to have 11 students in the upcoming Institute for Computing in Research internship program (https://computinginresearch.org/) purchase laptops to run a GNU/Linux distribution.
We subsidize them for up to $400 on these laptops.
In the first two years things went OK but with some problems: most of the laptops ended up being $400 plus something, straining our budget, and some of them had annoyances with microphone and wifi drivers.
Does anyone keep up to date on best laptops for the linux kernel in various price ranges? Any advice?
And there is also always a question running in the back of my head: would anyone know how to find a local (or global) business that might subsidize the laptops for our students? I keep thinking that there must be some way to get Lenovo or some other company to either give away some laptops, or to sell us a $560 laptop for $400 -- we are a very deserving non-profit, after all.
Unfortunately so far my attempts at following the chain of companies to their educational outreach people have turned out to be time-consuming dead ends. _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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Thanks for bringing up the computer charity -- it's actually on my agenda to visit for a lengthy exchange as soon as I'm "2wpss" (two-weeks-post-second-shot). But I still need to get advice on $400 approx. new laptops?
If used enterprise laptops are too old and won’t cut it, I’d consider looking at chromebooks. I think $400 is around the median price now and a lot of them can run Linux as a container, though a full Linux install is still an option Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 25, 2021, at 7:19 PM, Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
Thanks for bringing up the computer charity -- it's actually on my agenda to visit for a lengthy exchange as soon as I'm "2wpss" (two-weeks-post-second-shot).
But I still need to get advice on $400 approx. new laptops? _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
I bought a couple of the ryzen 3 asus laptops from Walmart. 329.00. 4gig, 256 nvme,1080p 14” Runs Linux fine. I splurged got the 32gig memory later on. Too my surprise there was room for a 2.5 Sata in the body. Might work for some of what you need. On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 1:35 PM Art Barnes <art@pin2.io> wrote:
If used enterprise laptops are too old and won’t cut it, I’d consider looking at chromebooks. I think $400 is around the median price now and a lot of them can run Linux as a container, though a full Linux install is still an option
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 25, 2021, at 7:19 PM, Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
Thanks for bringing up the computer charity -- it's actually on my agenda to visit for a lengthy exchange as soon as I'm "2wpss" (two-weeks-post-second-shot).
But I still need to get advice on $400 approx. new laptops? _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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