i was giving thought to getting a new powerbook actually... one of those pretty 17inchers :)
yes, even the laptops made for linux have issues.. i have a tuxtop obsidian with a winmodem - the modem works fine... the only thing that doesnt work is the hardware control for the volume...there are work arounds for that, but thats lame... which powerbook are you using? > > Every single piece of hardware - including the modem, Ethernet, > FireWire, USB, and Airport - is supported on my Apple PowerBook. The > only bit I haven't actually tried to activate is the external SVGA > port, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work as it's > attached to the same video chip. > > The problem with Gentoo/PPC is that most of the neat packages are still > masked or non-functional. I'd like to see that fixed. :-) > > Unfortunately, I don't know of any PC laptops with that level of > Linux support. Props to BenH for that achievement with the > PowerBooks. Even the "Linux certified" laptops usually have a > software modem, which sucks. > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/ > tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
