[SGVLUG] Complete Tangent From: Linux laptops (with Peripherals)

[Braddock Gaskill]

For high end laptops =>32GB RAM with explicit linux support, there is
the System76 Oryx and the Dell Precision 3510:

https://system76.com/laptops/oryx

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop?c=us&l=en&s=biz

-braddock

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Henry B (Hank) Hotz, CISSP
<hbhotz at oxy.edu> wrote:
> I’m interested in a mid-large laptop with 32GB ram and 14+ inch screen.
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> More particularly, I want a built-in smart-card reader (or 54mm slot to hold same). Also a TPM. A fingerprint reader would be nice, but I’m not as hard-over as you might think.
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> I haven’t finished looking at the HW auth features of the Intel Skylake, but I assume I’ll eventually want that. I expect those CPUs don’t come too low-end yet and all have AES-NI; probably should get a quad-core machine for VMs.
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> Some reasonable assortment of ports. None of this “one USB-C to rule them all” stuff.
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> I’m pretty sure I can get this stuff from Dell, though it’s probably pricy. I’m not sure how to find out about SC and fingerprint reader options from Dell’s web site yet.
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> Is there anyone *else* that might support this kind of gear? (I’d rather avoid Chinese companies like Lenovo, but if the prices are good enough I won’t be dogmatic.)
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> I’m in nowhere near the hurry that Dustin is, but I thought it was an interesting topic.
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