Hi Junior,
We do loan linux laptops. We are using dell laptops. They came with
windows, but linux runs fine on them. We install Ubuntu in OEM mode so that
patrons can set up their own accounts when they get the laptops. When the
laptops are returned we just clone our master copy of the OS making sure
everything is brand new for the next patron. We use clonezilla to do this.
That being said, there are a number of vendors that do have linux
preloaded. Dell has their XPS13 developer model (
https://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us),
System76 has linux native laptops (https://system76.com/), as do purism (
https://puri.sm/) and think penguin (
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/notebook-computers-gnu-linux-2). Even
HP is now offering linux laptops (
https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/ubuntu/index.html).
Regards
Chuck

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 4:21 PM Junior Tidal <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does your library loan Linux laptops? If so, I was wondering if anyone had
> any vendor recommendations.
>
> I was planning on using Lenovo, but their machines don't have Linux
> pre-installed and there are driver issues with some of their systems.
>
> Best,
> Junior
>
> Junior Tidal
> Associate Professor
> Web Services and Multimedia Librarian
> New York City College of Technology, CUNY
> 300 Jay Street, Rm L434
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> 718.260.5481
>
> http://library.citytech.cuny.edu<http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/>
>


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