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| 2 | +*** |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +# Linux compatible computers |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Laptops |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +### Dell |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +#### Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Dell |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +#### No longer sold |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Price: $900 to $1400 |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Storage capacity: up to 1 terabyte solid state drive ($300 to price) |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +RAM: 8 Gigabytes |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +SWAP: 2 Gigabytes |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Screen resolution: 1920x1200 |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Touchscreen: false |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Availability: USA, Europe (?) Other/unknown |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Keyboard type: US basic Latin ISO (QWERTY) |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Refresh rate: 60 hz |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Ports: 2 charging ports, 1 SD card reader, 1 dongle port, no USB ports |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Battery model: Dell WN0N00B |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Battery life: 1.5-20 hours (depending on usage) |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Default desktop environment: GNOME 3.36.1 |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Linux Kernel version: 5.6.0 |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +GPU: No NVidia GPU (a big plus when getting a computer is to have no NVidia hardware due to its severe compatibility problems, both for Linux and Windows) unknown GPU |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Processor: Intel Core i5 10th generation (laptop 1) Intel core i5 Evo (laptop 2) |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (excluding Windows 10, as it is not related t this project. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +[Product unavailable](https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-9300-laptop) |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Notes (from personal usage): |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +The first laptop was completely fine, although I wore the keyboard out in less than 10 months. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +Some Linux utilities were broken by default, such as changing system sounds, and favoriting files/folders |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +The second laptop and the first laptop had excessive battery drainage issues |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +The second laptop had many graphical issues, and crashed very frequently. Installing Samba might have made this worse. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +The second laptop incorrectly reported how much CPU a process was using, and the laptop always used 10-40% CPU at all times, resulting in quicker battery drainage |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +#### Still being sold |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +#### Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Dell |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +##### No longer sold |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +###### XPS 13 9300 |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Price: $900 to $1400 |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +Storage capacity: up to 1 terabyte solid state drive ($300 to price) |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +RAM: 8 Gigabytes |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +SWAP: 2 Gigabytes |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Screen resolution: 1920x1200 |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +Touchscreen: false |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Availability: USA, Europe (?) Other/unknown |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +Keyboard type: US basic Latin ISO (QWERTY) |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Refresh rate: 60 hz |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +Ports: 2 charging ports, 1 SD card reader, 1 dongle port, no USB ports |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +Battery model: Dell WN0N00B |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Battery life: 1.5-20 hours (depending on usage) |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +Default desktop environment: GNOME 3.36.1 |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +Linux Kernel version: 5.6.0 |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +GPU: No NVidia GPU (a big plus when getting a computer is to have no NVidia hardware due to its severe compatibility problems, both for Linux and Windows) unknown GPU |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +Processor: Intel Core i5 10th generation (laptop 1) Intel core i5 Evo (laptop 2) |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (excluding Windows 10, as it is not related t this project. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +[Product unavailable](https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-9300-laptop) |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +Notes (from personal usage): |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +The first laptop was completely fine, although I wore the keyboard out in less than 10 months. |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +Some Linux utilities were broken by default, such as changing system sounds, and favoriting files/folders |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +The second laptop and the first laptop had excessive battery drainage issues |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +The second laptop had many graphical issues, and crashed very frequently. Installing Samba might have made this worse. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +The second laptop incorrectly reported how much CPU a process was using, and the laptop always used 10-40% CPU at all times, resulting in quicker battery drainage |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +##### Still being sold |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +#### ChromeOS |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +##### No longer sold |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +##### Still being sold |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +### IBM |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +### Lenovo |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +### Acer |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +### Microsoft |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +### Apple |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +## Desktop Computers |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +### Dell |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +#### Ubuntu 20.04 |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +#### No longer sold |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +##### Still being sold |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +#### ChromeOS |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +##### No longer sold |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +##### Still being sold |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +### IBM |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +### Lenovo |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +### Acer |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +### Microsoft |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +### Apple |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | +## Desktop computers |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +### Dell |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | +### IBM |
| 167 | + |
| 168 | +### Lenovo |
| 169 | + |
| 170 | +### Acer |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +### Microsoft |
| 173 | + |
| 174 | +### Apple |
| 175 | + |
| 176 | +This article is highly incomplete. You can help by citing Linux computers you have worked with and note the specs and a little bit of your experience with it (both good and bad) |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +*** |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | +## File info |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +File type: `Markdown (*.md)` |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +File version: `1 (Monday, May 3rd 2021 at 12:00 pm` |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | +Line count (including blank lines and compiler line): `229` |
| 187 | + |
| 188 | +*** |
| 189 | + |
| 190 | +## File history |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | +Version 0.1 (not available) |
| 193 | + |
| 194 | +Version 1 (Monday, May 3rd 2021 at 12:00 pm) |
| 195 | + |
| 196 | +> Changes: |
| 197 | +
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| 198 | +> * Started the file from the beginning |
| 199 | +
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| 200 | +> * Added info for my Dell XPS 13 9300 laptop |
| 201 | +
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| 202 | +> * Added many blank subsections |
| 203 | +
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| 204 | +> * Added the file info section |
| 205 | +
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| 206 | +> * Added the file history section |
| 207 | +
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| 208 | +> * Added the footer |
| 209 | +
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| 210 | +> * No other changes in version 1 |
| 211 | +
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| 212 | +Version 2 (Coming soon) |
| 213 | + |
| 214 | +> Changes: |
| 215 | +
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| 216 | +> * Coming soon |
| 217 | +
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| 218 | +> * No other changes in version 2 |
| 219 | +
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| 220 | +*** |
| 221 | + |
| 222 | +## Footer |
| 223 | + |
| 224 | +You have reached the end of this file. |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +### EOF |
| 227 | + |
| 228 | +*** |
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