Which Laptop is compatible with Ubuntu?

The compatibility of laptop with Ubuntu (or any other distribution) depends on the support available in kernel for hardware components. Usually the troublesome components are:

• Internal modem
• Wireless network card
• SD card reader

You can find information about compatibility of various laptops on Ubuntu wiki

The purpose of this page is to list the laptops available in India that are generally usable with Ubuntu.

NOTE: General usability only covers working of existing components. It doesn't cover features like dual monitors, port replication etc.

Manufacturer	Model	Preinstalled OS	Doesn't work	Supported but not tested	Laptop Testing report	Comments
HP	Compaq NX6120	Windows XP Home	SD Card reader	Infrared, FireWire	HPNX6120	-
IBM/Lenovo	IBM Thinkpad T42 (2374R79)	Windows XP	Internal Modem	Infrared	Thinkpad T42	-
IBM/Lenovo	Lenovo 3000 N100 0689 5KA	Windows XP	Internal Modem	SD Card reader	Lenovo 3000 N100	-
Compaq	Compaq Presario M2208TU	None	Card Reader works sporadically	Firewire, Internal Modem		-
Dell	XPS M1210	Windows XP/Vista	None	Internal Modem	Coming soon	Works pretty well with 7.04 and 7.10, 8.04 Beta testing is on....
Dell	XPS M1310	Windows XP/Vista	None	Internal Modem	Coming soon	Works pretty well with 7.04 and 7.10, 8.04 Beta testing is on....
Dell	XPS M1530	Windows Vista	None	None	Coming soon	Works with 7.10, 8.04, 8.04.1 and 8.10 Beta. Some effort in getting Touchpad to work.
HP	Pavilion tx1302au Tablet PC	Windows Vista Home Premium	Internal Modem	Card reader	View report	Needs some tinkering to work well with Gutsy x86 and Hardy amd64
Compaq	Presario c700 ( 770TU )	Laptop designed for vista but comes with XP preinstalled instead leading to lack of working drivers in default OS	Atheros Wifi 965 GM Intel	Card reader	Coming Soon	Works v well with Hardy except the wifi which needs to be tinkered with. The pleasant surprise is that touchpad scroll works in hardy and not in XP I am compiling a guide for this laptop on Hardy here.