--- title: "Home" id: "7" type: "page" slug: "home" published_at: "2020-07-06T10:39:29+00:00" modified_at: "2026-08-24T23:18:23+00:00" url: "https://thelinuxlaptop.com/" markdown_url: "https://thelinuxlaptop.com/index.md" --- Since 2007 · Proudly USA · A KIRE company # We install your distro. We don’t *build the laptop.* Skip the firmware weekend. We test every component and ship it ready to open. If a radio fails, it does not leave. An engineer answers the phone. [Configure a laptop](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/products/) [How we do it](#how-it-works) **You pick the OS** Ubuntu LTS if you don’t name one. Current ISO, not a buggy spin we invented. **5,000+**Linux laptops shipped since 2007. Still a human on the phone. **OEM warranty**When a hinge fails, you call Dell or Lenovo — like everyone else. **25+ distros**Ubuntu LTS by default. Fedora, Bazzite, CachyOS, Debian, Arch if you want. **3–5 days**Installed, tested, UPS Ground. Tracking emailed before it leaves. Start here ## Pick a chassis. Pick a distro. We make them agree. [Dell](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/brand/dell/) [Lenovo](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/brand/lenovo/) [HP](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/brand/hp/) [Asus](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/brand/asus/) [Acer](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/brand/acer/) [Engineer’s pick Dell · 15 inch Dell Inspiron 15 3535 15.6" FHD IPS $849.99 – $1,049.99Price range: $849.99 through $1,049.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/dell-inspiron-15-3535-ryzen-7-7730u/) [Engineer’s pick Asus · 16 inch ASUS Vivobook 16 M1605YA 16" WUXGA IPS $849.99 – $949.99Price range: $849.99 through $949.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/asus-vivobook-16-m1605ya-ryzen-7-7730u/) [Engineer’s pick Lenovo · 15 inch Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15.6" FHD IPS $869.99 – $969.99Price range: $869.99 through $969.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/lenovo-ideapad-slim-3-15-ryzen-7-7730u/) [Engineer’s pick HP · 17 inch HP 17-cn4000 17.3" FHD IPS $969.99 – $1,169.99Price range: $969.99 through $1,169.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/hp-17-cn4000-core-7-150u-fhd/) [Acer · 15 inch Acer Aspire 5 15.6" FHD IPS Touch $869.99 – $949.99Price range: $869.99 through $949.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/acer-aspire-5-15-i5-13420h/) [Dell · 14 inch Dell Inspiron 14 5440 14" WUXGA IPS $969.99 – $1,169.99Price range: $969.99 through $1,169.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/dell-inspiron-14-5440-core-7-150u/) [HP · 16 inch HP Pavilion 16-af 16" WUXGA IPS Touch $999.99 – $1,099.99Price range: $999.99 through $1,099.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/hp-pavilion-16-af-core-7-150u/) [Lenovo · 14 inch Lenovo Yoga 7 14" WUXGA IPS Touch 2-in-1 $999.99 – $1,099.99Price range: $999.99 through $1,099.99 Configure →](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/product/lenovo-yoga-7-14-2-in-1-ryzen-7-8840hs/) [See the full lineup](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/products/) The setup ## You pick the hardware. We do the unglamorous part. 01 ### Choose a brand-name laptop New Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, or Asus — the chassis a repair shop already knows, and hardware that’s not soldered together overseas. Name-brand parts. A local shop can open it. When something fails, you call the manufacturer like everyone else, not a warehouse on another continent. 02 ### Pick your distro and desktop Ubuntu LTS and GNOME if you want our recommendation. Fedora, Bazzite, CachyOS, Debian, Arch, and 25+ others if you don’t. 03 ### We install, configure, and test Drivers, codecs, office suite, and every radio. Your Linux engineer is a phone call away. 04 ### It just works Ships ready. Wi-Fi included. Lifetime support for the life of the machine. Your OS, not ours ## Any serious distro. The originals first. We don’t ship a locked-down image. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware, Arch. If you already live on Fedora, Bazzite, or CachyOS, pick it on the product page. We put it on the machine and make the hardware behave. [Slackware](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/slackware-laptops/) [Debian](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/debian-laptops/) [openSUSE](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/opensuse-laptops/) [Arch](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/arch-laptops/) [Gentoo](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/gentoo-laptops/) [Fedora](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/fedora-laptops/) [NixOS](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/nixos-laptops/) [Ubuntu LTS](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/ubuntu-laptops/) [Linux Mint](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/linux-mint-laptops/) [Zorin](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/zorin-laptops/) [Elementary](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/elementary-laptops/) [Manjaro](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/manjaro-laptops/) [Kali](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/kali-linux-laptops/) [KDE neon](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/kde-neon-laptops/) [Pop!_OS](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/pop-os-laptops/) [EndeavourOS](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/endeavouros-laptops/) [CachyOS](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/cachyos-laptops/) [Bazzite](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/bazzite-laptops/) + 20 more Six communities, one love: ## Ubuntu. Fedora. Mint. Kali. CachyOS. Bazzite. Pick any of them when you configure the laptop. Same radio testing, same manufacturer warranty, same engineer on the phone. [Ubuntu The default. GNOME. Open the lid and get to work. Ubuntu LTS is what we recommend if you do not have a favorite. App store, Firefox, LibreOffice. We install it, test every radio, and you keep the OEM warranty.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/ubuntu-laptops/) [Fedora Workstation. Current GNOME. The one developers actually run. Six-month releases, current kernel, Flatpak. We put Fedora on a Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, or Asus and make the firmware and radios behave. You keep the OEM warranty.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/fedora-laptops/) [Linux Mint Cinnamon. It can look like a computer. The kind default if you are leaving Windows: a start-menu desktop, familiar windows, codecs that play. Same radio testing, same manufacturer warranty.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/linux-mint-laptops/) [Kali Security work. Installed and tested before it ships. Current Kali on a Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, or Asus. Wi-Fi and the rest of the hardware already behaving. You keep the OEM warranty.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/kali-linux-laptops/) [CachyOS Arch, rebuilt for speed. Not a white box. Their kernel, their repos, on current Intel and AMD chassis. We install it, make the firmware and Wi-Fi behave, and ship it ready. Same 3–5 day UPS Ground, tracking emailed before it leaves.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/cachyos-laptops/) [Bazzite Steam & Proton, installed. Just pick a GPU and play. The Fedora Atomic gaming desktop. We install the desktop image, test the GPU and every radio, and you keep the OEM warranty. Not a handheld image unless you ask.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/bazzite-laptops/) Why us ## For this community. ### The originals, and the rest We are not married to one image. Ubuntu LTS is the default. Debian, Fedora, Bazzite, CachyOS, Kali — if we can make the radios behave, it ships. ### A warranty that exists in the world Name-brand chassis. Manufacturer hardware warranty. When a hinge fails in year two, you are talking to Lenovo or Dell — the same people the rest of the country calls. ### An engineer, not a ticket KIRE since 1998. This company since 2007. You get a Linux engineer’s number. The machine leaves in 3–5 days, not “when the build queue clears.” [Leaving Windows 10? You do not have to take Windows 11 with you. Support ended. ESU is a delay. Linux on a name-brand laptop is the third door — and you do not need to know the word “distro” first.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/windows-10-end-of-life/) [Privacy-first A laptop that does not watch you. Local login. No Copilot. No Recall. Name-brand hardware, manufacturer warranty, radios already tested.](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/privacy-laptop/) Talk to us ## Skip the weekend of firmware. Tell us the chassis and the distro. We install it, test every radio, and ship it ready to open — manufacturer warranty still on the machine. [Configure a laptop](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/products/) [How we do Linux laptops](https://thelinuxlaptop.com/linux-laptops/)