Laptop Recommendations?

[DoYouKubuntu]

I did also read that a "restore" to a factory system consists of , you, making a Ubuntu-14.04 install then adding their PPA and installing the "driver" package .
I now wander if the "driver" package would work with Kubuntu install..............the gears turn and turn......

at the vary least it should be relatively easy to shrink the install partition,, make a new one,, install Kubuntu and try ,,,,,,,,,,right? + it will half to have a extra storage drive if I get it any way ,,,,,,,,so the extra installs can go to that if nothing elce.................the gears turn and turn ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Well, since you're a Kubuntu person, like me, none of this should be necessary. Just do what I did, wipe the drive, partition it to your liking, and do a fresh install of Kubuntu from DVD or your preferred medium. Everything works, such as the backlit keyboard, the volume control buttons, etc.

[vinnywright]

WTF happend to the reply with Quote button ,,,,,,,it their on all the preveous posts exept the last one .......O well

Well, since you're a Kubuntu person, like me, none of this should be necessary. Just do what I did, wipe the drive, partition it to your liking, and do a fresh install of Kubuntu from DVD or your preferred medium. Everything works, such as the backlit keyboard, the volume control buttons, etc.

well if it happens (spending the $) I dont guess I nead a mobile computer (laptop) really,,,,,,so it will be the bad A$$ desktop with the hot swappable HD caddy, liquid cooling & the hottest i7 they offer ............and O ya it will be Kubuntu ,,,,,,,,this will push it over 2K for sure

VINNY

[MoonRise]

It's missing for yours too but for some reason it appeared back under DYK's. Seems the last post now doesn't show a reply with quote?

[DoYouKubuntu]

This missing button thing is annoying!

[vinnywright]

This missing button thing is annoying!

yes ,,,,,yes it is.

VINNY

[Qqmike]

Now then, isn't that precious .... ;-)

[MoonRise]

Yep everyone there after whoever was last has no Reply With Quote and those that didn't previous now do. Now that is really a selective bug there!

[Chopstick]

I was the one who started the multi- vs. single-partition debate; I wasn't sure whom the original post was directed at, but I had no idea that System76 also uses single partition setups.

Anyway, I've now mostly set up kubuntu on my new Thinkpad; I've detailed my experience in this post (new thread):
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...836#post358836
The main problem was the encrypted LVM, as there seems to be a bug in the kubuntu installer that makes this impossible on UEFI systems.
The touchpad (integrated with the trackpoint) really sucks, but otherwise I am quite happy with the machine.

[Chopstick]

Btw. Teunis, the HDD caddy I got is pretty much exactly the same you got, and it works great. However, I have to say that removing the bezel from the optical drive was not that easy: required a lot of wiggling and quite a bit of force (and knife for prying it off). But it cam off in the end, with only minimal damage, and it perfectly fits on the caddy front. Now you can't even see that I swapped out the optical drive for a HDD.

[Chopstick]

Unfortunately it appears as if my wireless is no working. The thernet is working, but I did have some problems with it initially (not sure if that is related).
Basically with the WLAN, I can see networks and I can attemt to connect, but then it just keeps prompting me for a password, eventhough I already entered the password and it is correct. My old laptop (same OS) has absolutely no problem connecting.
Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what could be wrong here and how to fix it.
I tried installing the WICD network manager, but that one just hangs when I try to connect to a wireless network.

marc07 what was you experience with the wireless?

[marco07]

I have no issues with wireless at all. It connected OTB and it works fine.
Have you checked your security settings? I thought if your wireless network is detected and tries to connect to no avail, it may be a matter of security settings conflict. In my laptop all is working fine, except a random freezing of the track point pointer, which I have already posted else where in this forum. Also, it seems Lenovo made a big mistake by abandonnig the 2 buttons touchpad and coming up with the new no button clicking one. However, if you pay attention to touchpad settings and play with its configuration, life becomes somewhat easier.

[Chopstick]

Thanks, Marc. But I realize I may actually have a different wireless card than you: I got the dual band one - I don't remember what you got.
My card is an Intel 7260.
Anyway, I got it fixed now - it was a firmware problem.
The current driver for the card (for kernel version 3.13) seems to be buggy, so I downgraded to the previous version, and it works now!
Btw. the way I did the "downgrade" was by removing the current version of the firmware from /lib/firmware (and the previous version was already there).
Would there be a better way to do it?

[marco07]

Here is mine. I copied it from detailed specs as is listed in posting #32 on page 4 of this thread.
Networking
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo

[Chopstick]

Thanks - that's the same I have. What firmware do you have installed?
You can see your installed harware with the command

lspci

Can you also post the output of

dmesg | grep iwlwifi

That should list everything related to loading the wifi drivers, including the firmware version (iwlwifi is the Intel wifi firmware). My firmware version is 22.1.7.0; the more recent 22.24.8.0 doesn't work for me.

[Chopstick]

Also, it seems Lenovo made a big mistake by abandonnig the 2 buttons touchpad and coming up with the new no button clicking one. However, if you pay attention to touchpad settings and play with its configuration, life becomes somewhat easier.

I fully agree! What touchpad options/settings did you choose? Maybe I can benefit from your wisdom.