Hi I,m looking to purchase a laptop which is capable of graphic work (Photo editing0 and looking to spend aroun $1500 AUD. It will only run on Unbutu but needs to be capable of wireless connection to the internet.

Can anyone recommend a reasonable brand and specs?

Thx

I'm sure others will chime in, but for a laptop you'll need to pay close attention to the wireless card since some devices have poor support in Linux. I recommend an Intel Pro Wireless card, since I've never had trouble getting them to work. Also, I think most people will agree that the NVidia graphics cards are going to be easier to deal with from a driver standpoint. Other than that I'll say that I really like the Lenovo ThinkPads -- they are very Linux friendly.

i agree, i would tell you to purchase a Dell computer with Intel Wireless device and Nvidia Graphics, anyways if your using Ubuntu you aren't suppose to have any problems since Dell try's to make there PC the most compatible with Ubuntu!

Check the Dell, HP, and Lenovo websites for the Models they sell with Linux..
If they sell the unit with Linux then you should be able to install whatever distro you want on that particular model and have everything function.

Also make use of the Linux laptop websites to check other models/manufacturers.

Links to the above recommendations.


Happy Shopping !!

Maybe I,ve had to many wines tonight but I cant find any online sites that sell lap tops with linux or allow custom build with the option of not having windows?

So these links didn't show you laptops with Linux ?

Dell Linux Laptops
HP Laptops certified for Linux
Lenvo Linux Laptops

Cause they do for me....

And theres always places like

http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html
http://www.thelinuxlaptop.com/
http://www.emperorlinux.com

Companies that sell laptops with Linux

Even some of the larger resellers have them... http://www.provantage.com/lenovo-77333bu~7LENO0LH.htm

Tons of options available..

Thanks "Must have been the glass of wines?"

I wold add one or two caveats:

Avoid 64 bit. I've just gone there and regretted it.

Get big ram and hd for photo editing.

Deltl are fine _until_ something goes wrong. Then you get some guy in india reading you the manual :-(. HP at least support software development in some ways.

I've known it to have that effect on me at times...

How about the TsingHua TongFang (THTF) Z9 LimeBook?

It's was developed solely for operating Linux on and has cracking hardware specs too.

Check this out:

CPU: 1700MIPS Tri-Core Moc (1700 MIPS = 1700 Million Instructions Per Second) (Tri-Core = It has 3 core processors, one running at 400MHz, one at 200 MHz, and one at 100MHz)

Memory: 256MB~512MB DDRII

Storage: 8GB SSD/HDD

Battery: Li-Fe 3400 mAh. Optional AA rechargeable battery case available.

External: Memory card slot, microphone jack, headphone jack, VGA monitor output port, Ethernet cable port and two USB ports. Size: 10x7x1.4 in. (252x186x3.5 mm) Weight: 970g(Z7),990g(Z9)

Drop me a line if you want a link.

http://www.limepc.com/book.shtml

Looks like interesting specs for a netbook, but I don't think it quite fit's what the OP is looking for. A machine to edit graphics needs a bit more: CPU, RAM, and storage imho... I would probably also look for a Laptop that had an nVidia card in it..

I'm dual booting an Asus L50vn-a1 between Vista (pig and only present to play games) and SLED11. I'm sure Ubuntu would be fine as well. I'll probably reinstall linux to opensuse 11.1 soon. This Asus laptop has an Intel Pro wifi chipset that is as an earlier poster stated, painless. It also has an Nvidia 9650MT graphics chipset that also is ez to deal with using Nvidia drivers. This laptop has 4GB of RAM, Intel core duo cpu at 2.25Mhz I believe. Under linux, its a fast mofo and I'm positive that it could do all manner of video or graphics manipulation. I do a bit of graphics work using gimp. Bottomline, take a look at Asus laptops.