Recommends for a Linux laptop- preferably an abuse resistant model.

[Oren Beck]

I do not need the full milspec explosion/waterproof models..
Just hopefully minor drop and knocked over drink resistance to protect my
$500 ballpark investment.
Much as I have been looking at CF-51 etc semirugged or the harder cased
CF-71 family variants the $ to hardness trade offs seem dicey. As in perhaps
I just should get a $399 low end from somewhere new and get the no quibbles
even broken screen warranty .
My average use profile is web browsing, light commercial use of OpenOffice
and some music playing.
I do not need shooter game frame rates etc. Battery life and stability are
more important to me as examples.
Beryl would be nice but not essential as a target max demand application.
DVD/CD burner is a minimum optical drive.
Within that overview recommends will be appreciated
SO folks, if you were going to spend $500 on a new or Ebay sourced laptop
what would it be?
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