Recommended Laptops

The following is a list of laptops which are currently being manufacturered and work well with Linux. The criteria of entering this list are that the laptop is still being made, has good support for Linux and doesn't require any difficult configuration work (ie it works well out of the box). Laptops which need the proprietary NVIDIA or ATI drivers are acceptable for this list.

Updated: September 5 2010

This page needs more updates, please. So hard to find a *modern* laptop with linux

• Acer Aspire 1410 / 1810T / 1810TZ
• Acer Extensa 5620
• Asus A7Sv
• Asus A8E
• Asus A8Sc - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Asus C90S
• Asus F3E
• Asus F3Sc
• Asus F3Sv
• Asus G1S - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Asus G2S - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Asus U3S
• Asus UL30A
• Asus V1S
• Asus W2W
• Asus W7S
• Dell Inspiron 1420 - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Dell Inspiron 1520 - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Dell Inspiron 1720 - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Dell Latitude D520
• Dell Latitude D630 - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• Dell Latitude D830 - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• HP-Compaq 2210B
• HP-Compaq 2510P
• HP-Compaq 530
• HP-Compaq 6710B
• HP-Compaq 6720S
• HP-Compaq 6830S
• HP-Compaq 6910P
• HP-Compaq 8510P
• HP-Compaq 8510W
• HP-Compaq 8710P
• HP-Compaq 8710W
• IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad R61
• IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad T61* - Fitted with Nvidia video chipset, so will not support open source 3d graphics
• IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad X61
• Penguin Air (1352)
• Samsung N150
• Toshiba Portege R500
• Toshiba Satellite Pro A200
• Toshiba Tecra A9
• Toshiba Tecra P5
• ZaReason Alto 3880
• Compaq 620 WZ0N0PA