On 2 October 2014 14:22, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: > On 10/02/2014 07:02 AM isdtor wrote: >> >> Thinkpad T series, and fully agree with Devin. Rock-solid, and pretty much >> all the pieces work - even Optimus. >> >> Still, CentOS would never be my first choice for a personal laptop ... > > > Why not? (Not disagreeing, not either agreeing. Just wondering about your > reasons and what you'd select instead.) My use of Linux on laptops predates my exposure to CentOS. I only ever switched distributions once, and IIRC it was when we were still using RHEL in the office. I need a distro that allows keeping up date in a reasonable way (but not necessarily bleeding edge, like Fedora). A largely static environment as presented by CentOS over its lifetime doesn't suit. A new and recent requirement is to keep the machine free of poetteringware as much as possible.