Ubuntu compatible laptops

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I am looking to buy either of the following two laptops but wanted to ensure they were compatible with Ubuntu. Both seem to match laptop names as 'okay' but the details of the specs seem to be slightly different, which leaves me confused!

HPM6-1205SO/i5/8GB (HP Envy M6 ??)
HP15-J028EO/i5/12G (HP Envy 15 ??)

Your help much appreciated.

Many thanks, Melanie

Purchase a system with Ubuntu pre-installed, you have a choice of several vendors. — Panther, Apr 03 '15 at 00:28
Both are Linux-compatible: Envy M6: https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?view=search_computer&computer_model=Envy+M6 Envy 15: https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?view=search_computer&computer_model=Envy+15 — linuxbuild, Apr 13 '18 at 13:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '13 at 00:21

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I use linlap.com to check out potential laptops. The m6 has one user who thinks "good" describes his linux experience, but admits can't get the wireless working. The 15 has more users, but many more bad votes. For Ubuntu, I'd keep looking.

answered Aug 11 '13 at 00:21

ubfan1

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '13 at 01:56

A couple of useful links:

linlap.com is a handy wiki page
Ubuntu Forums: Laptop COMPATIBILITY List thread: use the in-thread search
Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware page

Generally the model name is not so important: the internals are. Find out what they are for those models and try to Google to see if e.g. the wireless card has issues with Ubuntu.

Ubuntu compatible laptops

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