[kwlug-disc] Local linux friendly PC vendors

[Ron Singh]

Damn! That is good:-)

C'mon people , we need more definitions of FPR, Doug's winning, although
Bob's a pretty close second.
I had to look up pataphysical by the way, I need to step up my geek game...

Thanks,

Ron S.



On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 7:31 PM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> CSD is Computer Service Depot, csdepot.com
>
> FPR is Fast Pataphysical Reticulator. For interfacing with Ouija boards
> and the like. A little known Thinkpad benefit.
>
> TLP might be battery power optimizer, not sure: https://linrunner.de/tlp/
>
> CN must be Canadian National, how else did it get delivered from a BC
> port, right? (They are shipped from China.)
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > 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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