I looked at either this one or the Intel i7 version. There seems to be a family of machines using mostly same "bits" and changing processor and sizes of SSD. FWIW Canada Computers Kanata has 1 and Merivale claims 3 in stock. I liked speed, RAM and 1TB "disk". When I went to look at the i5 level machines (about $300 less, and for different user) the CC guy pointed out that the components were slightly dated. I think he was using the USB version, which is not quite the latest. Conclusion was that these boxes are a good value, but are maybe like the last cars of the 2020 season vs 2021 version of the model. Unfortunately, I've not got experience of how well they run Linux. Note that a desktop I had them build in February had a network card that Ubuntu/Mint LTS did NOT yet have support for. Worse, it "almost" worked. Discovered issue after lots of fooling around after network printer printed 1/2 a page each time. Needed kernel >= 5.8, which is in Ubuntu 20.10 or later. https://screenrant.com/best-linux-laptops/ shows an HP laptop as #5 in their Laptop ranking, but how similar that is I'm not sure. JN On 2021-07-06 6:17 a.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm in the market for upgrading my current linux laptop, and would > like to go with something with AMD ryzen core, i have the opportunity > to pick up one of these: > > https://store.hp.com/CanadaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2L7Q8UA&opt=ABL&sel=NTB&lang=en-CA > > can anyone weigh in on HP's support for linux? i suspect it's pretty > good, just looking for any personal experiences. > > rday > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org