On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, David Allan wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, David Allan wrote: >> >>> Having run Linux on laptops for a decade there's only one strategy that >>> has worked reliably for me, and it results in very, very stable operation: >>> >>> Go through every hardware component and make sure that it has support in >>> the kernel.org kernel. In particular, you are interested in wireless >>> network support and video support. You will no doubt be able to make >> >> HOw do you find out what the components are? Only the processor and >> (sometimes) the video are mentioned in sales literature I see. Is there a >> website with information about wifi, ethernet and ACPI? > > The manufacturer's website will usually have the full specs, and you have to > make sure that there aren't options for different cards. I won't buy a "will usually"? Can you give an example of a URL that points to such a paragon of information? When I go to a vendors website I get something like this: http://tinyurl.com/ykjwwgc [hp.com - click on "specs"] which gives the processor and video types, but characterizes wi-fi only as G or N and gives no information about ethernet or ACPI. I have never seen any more than that from any vendor, cheap or expensive, but if there were a way to get more information, I'd like to know it. Daniel Feenberg _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
