[gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
If you're looking for an ultra-portable, take a look at the Thinkpad X60s. I've gotten everything to work on it, aside from the modem which I haven't tested. It's also one of the best ultra-portables on the market. In general, most hardware will work fine on Thinkpads. If in doubt: http://www.thinkwiki.org/ On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:46:32PM +0100, qfpvajdy wrote: Hello, first thanks all for your great support on Gentoo Linux. I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop for which I have bought. Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux? I don't want to have trouble with wireless, webcam or this kind of stuff. Is there maybe a laptop hardware constructor which supports 100% Linux on laptop? Best regards, saf -- E-Mail sent with anti-spam site TrashMail.net! Free disposable email addresses: http://www.trashmail.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:49:48 -0500, »Q« [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: qfpvajdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop for which I have bought. I've just installed Gentoo on a Sony VAIO VGN-FS740, and I recommend against it. Almost everything in it is well-supported, but one of the most important things is a PiTA. Sony uses some unusual system to handle power management, and there are things the drivers available with the kernel will not handle. Most notably, I could not get control of LCD brightness without installing a driver which is (a) not in portage and (b) AFAICT not in most distros' repositories. If someone hadn't published a portage overlay for it, I would still be struggling with it. From what I've read (which was a lot more than I wanted to, this is the situation with most (all?) of Sony's FS models. Think that this is exactly right. However, I wouldn't limit my laptop selection to one that is 100% Gentooable. e.g. I went with Sony (their smallest) and would do so again, because small size, light weight, and high-quality display (necessary on a tiny box) were so important. As you indicated, it was a PITA; Lot of stuff still doesn't work :-( , but it's light enough (2.7 lbs) and small enought that I stick it in the backpack and don't resent it. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
On 2007-01-05, qfpvajdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop for which I have bought. I've got an IBM R52, and everything works fine -- including wireless and the winmodem. I haven't tried bluetooth yet, but I've read that it works. Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux? http://tuxmobil.org/ http://www.linux-laptop.net/ I don't want to have trouble with wireless, webcam or this kind of stuff. Is there maybe a laptop hardware constructor which supports 100% Linux on laptop? http://www.emperorlinux.com/ http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/1 http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! Are we wet yet? at visi.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
qfpvajdy qfpvajdy at trashmail.net writes: Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux? Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the store and just booted it up and got everything working, right in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers, take a usb flash and copy the results of lscpi, lshw, etc onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data information about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options, remotely. Several trips might be necessary to get everything working hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
James wrote: qfpvajdy qfpvajdy at trashmail.net writes: Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux? Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the store and just booted it up and got everything working, right in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers, take a usb flash and copy the results of lscpi, lshw, etc onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data information about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options, remotely. Several trips might be necessary to get everything working That sounds like a good suggestion. I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I love. I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care about that). Regards, Cliff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
I've got an IBM Thinkpad Z60m and Thinkpad A21p on which Linux works great (The A21p is running Gentoo 2006.0, and the Z60m is running Gentoo 2006.1). On 1/5/07, Cliff Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James wrote: qfpvajdy qfpvajdy at trashmail.net writes: Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux? Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the store and just booted it up and got everything working, right in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers, take a usb flash and copy the results of lscpi, lshw, etc onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data information about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options, remotely. Several trips might be necessary to get everything working That sounds like a good suggestion. I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I love. I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care about that). Regards, Cliff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like I'm standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go away. I don't know why this works but it does. Scott Adams, Dilbert comic
[gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?
qfpvajdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop for which I have bought. I've just installed Gentoo on a Sony VAIO VGN-FS740, and I recommend against it. Almost everything in it is well-supported, but one of the most important things is a PiTA. Sony uses some unusual system to handle power management, and there are things the drivers available with the kernel will not handle. Most notably, I could not get control of LCD brightness without installing a driver which is (a) not in portage and (b) AFAICT not in most distros' repositories. If someone hadn't published a portage overlay for it, I would still be struggling with it. From what I've read (which was a lot more than I wanted to, this is the situation with most (all?) of Sony's FS models. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
