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You don't really need a fast laptop for this, anything that goes over 10000 points on the Passmark CPU test, is enough (and with an integrated Intel cpu, if you want the best support for video codecs).
In Europe, the cheapest way is to get a DELL that comes with Linux. They're 99.9% compatible, with firmware updates supported via fwupd on linux, the only thing is hit or miss is palm rejection on the touchpad. Everything else works. In Greece these start at 600 euros with 16 GB of RAM, 750 euros for 32 GB of RAM. I bought one myself recently, with an intel cpu at 15k points on passmark. Plenty fast. Only thing that doesn't work accelerated is Blender (it works in cpu mode only), as it requires non-integrated GPUs. Resolve works now with intel gpus on linux too, and so is kdenlive.
OK, thanks for the tip. I might buy a new laptop or no laptop at all (I've been battling for two hours a canon printer that won't print anything but blank pages with my Ubuntu distro)...
Which model canon exactly? I personally use an epson and it works out of the box.
It's the LBP510dw. Ubuntu uses a generic driver that sends the printing command to the printer but only blank pages and/or one line of gibrish are printed. I installed CUPS but I get a "cups_handleerror" message printed upon switch on
I think you mistyped your model, it's 151, not 510. These are the drivers for linux that work in conjuction to CUPS: https://www.usa.canon.com/support/p/imageclass-lbp151dw After installation, if it doesn't work, it's because these drivers haven't been updated since forever... The blame is on Canon.
Hurrah!!! It works!!! (Although it works better after I installed Synaptic; I am new to this...)
Yes, that's the one. I'll try installing said driver and will keep you posted. Thanks