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Looking for a "couch laptop" (local106.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What price bracket are you looking at? The two laptops that I normally use in that situation is a used Thinkpad X1 Carbon I got on eBay, and a HP Dev One that works pretty well for that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am fine with refurbished but ideally looking for around 13" and under a couple hundred bucks

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    The Thinkpad link that was shared below looks pretty nice, they tend to be fairly cheap and easy to get replacement batteries and parts. There's a lot available in that $150 to $200 bracket on eBay. Edit: I just saw it's 14", so a bit bigger than what you wanted. You can filter by screen size and price on eBay to give you an idea of what you can get. You may need a new battery depending on the age, so keep that in mind.

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