Hi, 2011/6/11 Martin Schulz <[email protected]>: > And then, why not run a live cd on your toshie, using tools like > lshw, lspci, hwinfo ? they can give > very verbose, detailed specs of whatever hardware > nvidia graphics still do less hassle than most other vendors, from my > view,
Thanks for your reply. I prefer Debian to its derivates, although i might end up with the odd binary driver from Ubuntu (or maybe from non-free). I have an itch at HP for some reason, Lenovo's thinkpads are rumoured not being what they used to (nor can i find one that pleases be) and Dell's broad array of configuration options makes it hard to pick. I tend to prefer Toshiba and Asus (and stay the hell away from Acer). This Tecra's my main option, but i'm still looking at others. This one comes with an ATI, but they're supposed to provide the driver (like nvidia does i guess, i've always used the nv on this desktop). I don't have the laptop yet, so can't run anything on it; stumbling on someone who'd cpuz-ed one would be nice. The liveCD will be the first approach, especially if the vendor lets me do it while still in store. I might linger on to the default OS for a while, else something might be dead-on-arrival and i'd have to claim warranty. Older Toshiba laptops do have linux drivers, which makes me confident that if new ones don't, it's a matter of time (which always is, in the end). Thanks for your input. -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkcd.com/801/ /etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
