Linux Lite Branded Laptop

[m654321]

Apollo Lake N3450 Quad Core 2.20 GHz

This is a Celeron CPU.
Will it come with UEFI technology installed on its motherboard, or will it be the traditional BIOS-only setup (if that's at all possible on hardware these days)?

[Valtam]

Laptop will undoubtedly be UEFI. One of the first things I'll be doing when I get an order is disabling that.

[Searchernow]

A thing to check for will be how it behaves with external monitors.

I am using a 14inch laptop, great for portability, but at home it's connected to a 21inch monitor.
This setup is now working a lot better (so far!) since I disabled the built-in display and just use the external. Good to know the particular machine's quirks!

[m654321]

[member=2]Jerry[/member]
So, do you think you'll go ahead with the LL branded laptop project?
If the answer's yes, what timescale (very approx.) have you got in mind till they
become available?

I for one will be buying one, if/when they become available  8) 

PS. One of the Manjaro team told me that the reason their laptops are so pricey
(£999 for a 13.3" screen i7 laptop) was because they would be made to order on a per customer
basis, i.e. no bulk buying. They do a quirky thing of engraving the Manjaro logo on the
laptop lid, which no doubt inflates costs.

[TheDead]

Maybe they engraves the logos on the screen itself in the first batch and have to get back their losses...
Trolololo!

Just kidding, Manjaro is my favorite Arch... yet. [member=411]bitsnpcs[/member] mentionned a Linux Lite Arch x64 idea in another thread...
Maybe Jerry will get to that in LL version 7 if Arch stays at the top, get more userfriendly, lower ressources, someone casts a hoodoo spell... We never know! hehe

[m654321]

[member=411]bitsnpcs[/member] mentionned a Linux Lite Arch x64 idea in another thread...

''Arch" in the context discussed = architecture, not Arch Linux.
There was some confusion, but Jerry clarified. Have to say I
was a bit confused too at the time.

[TheDead]

[member=458]m654321[/member]
I know hence my and my "Trololo!"
... and if I remember correctly, Jerry has a special place for Arch in his heart.

Whatever the core, lets hope LL can help get Linux higher than the 2-3% Desktop market shares. Go team Go!

[Valtam]

It's still a work in progress. Part of the idea of this thread was to gauge interest in the idea. Will certainly update you all on any developments.

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[JesusLinux]

I think the point of using LL is because it's light on resources and good for old hardware.
When people buy something new they want it to be as powerful as it can be for that price range and those machines come with Win.

An idea that would be good for the environment would be to sell refurbish laptop with LL installed a new battery, in a way everything working out of the box.

They could be sold as refurbish/branded LL laptops at cheap prices for people with low budgets.

[m654321]

Could we have USB-C and Thunderbolt-3 ports on any LL branded laptop that may be in the pipeline ?