I'd like to add that I've used Dell's cheapy servers for years at home and have never had any problems with their Linux support. Well put together and quiet, too.<div><br></div><div>I run Fedora 14 on an E6510 at work and all of my hardware worked out of the box, including the video and the built in camera. Nice laptop overall.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That all said, if you want a well put together laptop, want exceptional battery life, and are willing to work a little bit harder you might look at the lower end Macbook Pros and Airs. I haven't tried to Boot Camp Linux on there, but I've heard of folks having luck. I have a 15" Macbook Pro and it's a wonderful piece of hardware - all other laptops feel like cheap crap compared to it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jeffrey<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Glenn Robuck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:techravingmad@gmail.com">techravingmad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I run linux on my Latitude E6500 (and it runs just as well on the E6510) and it works out of the box.<div><br></div><div>
Those are well outside the $1000 budget that was first stated, but linux runs great on any and all the Dell laptops I've ever used. I only listed their ubuntu page because it's a linux offering.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know that Dell also sells "no os" or freeDOS machines too but I didn't see any laptops on their site. You could always go through the Dell outlet and buy from there and the discount would put you under or near the $1000 mark.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regardless, the Dell Latitude line work great as a linux laptop.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>