who is the best laptop for linux os RHEL5 & RHEL 6

sandeep002gupta · 04-25-2011, 04:43 AM

Hi,

plz tell us who is laptop best support for linux os support rhel5 and rhel6 in budget of $600.

plz tell us who is the best laptop in both models:

1.DELL VOSTRO 1088

2..COMPAQ – 420

Actually i would like to purchase a laptop and want to use linux os rhel5 or rhel6.
sandeep

acid_kewpie · 04-25-2011, 04:46 AM

rhel is not meant to run on laptops. support for acpi, wireless and such like is not a priority for redhat EL, as enterprise grade server farms tend not to hibernate all that much... run a user orientated distro on a laptop (ubuntu, fedora...), not a server one. If you want RHEL on a laptop, use a VM.

rizzy · 04-25-2011, 04:54 AM

RHEL of any version is a bad choice for a laptop unless, of course, you are willing to pay for RHEL updates and support.
If you want to learn about Redhat then go for CentOS - it is free and only other difference is the logo.
If you are starting out in linux and want install it on a new laptop then ubuntu or mint will work the best on new hardware and most things will work straight away after install.

http://www.centos.org/
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.linuxmint.com/

winning · 04-25-2011, 05:14 AM

I am currently running a RHEL6 clone on a Dell Inspiron 6400. I am satisfied by the level of support this distribution provides for my machine.

snowday · 04-25-2011, 07:28 AM

Hi Sandeep, Red Hat maintains a list of certified compatible hardware:

http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compatibility/hardware/