After reading the many responses to your question I just have to add to points to all that's been said: .- Regarding the hardware, I'm lately devoted to Dell, and (at least a few months ago) they have some models with Ubuntu you can buy (there are less configuration options, but you can get sure the hardware will work fine with Ubuntu). Take a look at their web. .- Regarding the Linux distros, besides Ubuntu (I also think it's a good option, but I'd suggest their LTS versions to be even less worried about tweaking) and Linux Mint (pushing very hard to be the best Linux Distro), I would suggest Debian, always Debian. Maybe you'll need to tweak a little bit (only in the cases MJ Ray told in his mail), but you'll get bulletproof ultra-stability. In fact, it's my main option, the Linux I have in the machine I don't want any problems with. Regards. En Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:31:03 +0100, Chris Fitzpatrick <[log in to unmask]> escribió: > I just had a Howard Beale moment with Apple. I'm mad as hell and I'm not > going to take it anymore. > > I'm curious what people can suggest for linux laptop? > Any suggestions for distros and hardware? > > thanks. b,chris. -- ..:: Iván V.G. ::..