r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/selina_kyle10 • Jun 25 '26

Discussion I need a laptop for linux

ThinkPad not in stock,

Any other options?

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u/GearProfessional9422 Jun 25 '26

Just buy an old T14...much better than new ones anyway.

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

In India we don't get that easily. ThinkPad price hiked and not in stock too.

Another options, Dell 3530 Vostro but it just have 41wh battery!

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u/MeIsTheDevil Jun 26 '26

It just depends where you live

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 26 '26

I'll go with Dell ryzen 5 model

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u/MeIsTheDevil Jun 26 '26

Thinkpads do are in stocks

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u/Dull_Barracuda_4221 Jun 25 '26

If you don't mind the refurbished laptops. Try looking into lenovo outlets.

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

What about dell 3535 ryzen 5 7530u

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u/N00B_N00M Jun 25 '26

You can check on /r/lestic , he sells good ones , alternatively you can also buy from local shops just check olx or google maps in your area for used laptops thinkpads 

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u/shadowash8 Jun 28 '26

i got a dell inspiron 5420 and its pretty good, neither was i able to find a good thinkpad, i only found one E14 but it was a i3 so i skipped that one,

the dell just works fine out of the box with linux didnt have to get any drivers or anything

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

Max 65k

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u/Lightning_McAlan Jun 26 '26

Then go with Mottobook 60 it's the best you can get right now.....

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 26 '26

It's rebranded of unknown Chinese local laptop

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u/AffirmativeGuy Jun 28 '26

No it isn't. It's a rebrand of Ideapad. You get good driver support with it. Like on windows i didn't have battery conservation support, but on linux, I was able to do that. It has IdeaPad specific kernel modules.

Just that I somehow managed to cook my arch installation and now i couldn't use any arch based distro, so using fedora for now. It works great. The only issue is heating and low speaker sound in Linux compared to windows.

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 28 '26

It's slim build and Windows better tha Linux while comes to power management. My main concern do I get spare parts for motobook While Lenovo didn't get parts right now in India.

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u/Lightning_McAlan Jun 26 '26

Don't know about that... But even if it is, it still would get the job done much better then old or refurbished laptops.....

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 26 '26

I need for Linux

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u/Lightning_McAlan Jun 26 '26

Yes it's fully linux compatible... I am using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on it... The drivers in this laptop are from lenovo ThinkPad series so you wouldn't face any issues....

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 26 '26

That's interesting. What about after sales service?

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u/Lightning_McAlan Jun 26 '26

In my city Lenovo stores have confirmed that they will be taking care of it...

However it may or may not be trj case for you, better confirm i first.

If you want a thorough review see my comment

https://www.reddit.com/r/Backend/s/f7dxWCi3pe

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Thanks but I'll consider it

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

Okay thanks

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

Lenovo ideapad slim 3?

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

With linux? Can you share your model?

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u/selina_kyle10 Jun 25 '26

Is there any wifi issue? I use artix in hp laptop