HI Mike I can give you answer for the MacBook (not pro) but of the first generation (not the new core 2 duo) hope that they will help you anyway Sleep: works perfectly both on ram and and disk with suspend2 and macbook patch on 2.6.18.2 kernel External Display: Works perfectly Wireless in monitor mode: it's a madwifi and works also with injection Apple Usb modem: no idea
all the information on how to configure your linux laptop can be found from mainly 3 sites: Mactel patches https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mactel-linux/trunk/kernel/mactel-patches-2.6.18 Gentoo http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook Debian http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook?highlight=%28macbook%29 mike dentifrice wrote: > Hi there, > > I've been happily using a 12" Apple iBook G4 laptop for almost three > years, and time has come to get a new machine. > > I'm inclined towards the MacBook, but the final choice actually depends > on current or planned GNU/Linux support, since I don't plan to use OS X > at all. > > I could find little or no information on the status of the following, > that are critically important to me: > - sleep (suspend to RAM) > - external display (for connecting to a beamer) > > Additionnally, I'm looking for info on support for: > - wireless in monitor mode (for packet injection) > - optional Apple USB modem > > I would greatly appreciate if people would share their experience with > this machine, and help with answers & pointers. > > Thanks! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
