On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 14:03 on Tuesday 26 October 2010, Roger > Cahn > did opine thusly: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to buy a laptop Asus N series, > > but could anybody tell me if its possible > > to use it with Gentoo-Linux? > > And in case of yes, if it's a good choice? > > Thank you > > Roger > > > Does it have Intel cpus? Then you can use it. > Will it work with the supplied wifi card? I haven't the foggiest clue > mostly > as I don't know what card it has. > > To get a sensible answer on a question like that, you MUST supply the > entire > spec of all the hardware you intend to buy. Only then can people offer an > opinion on how good or otherwise the drivers are. > > The way you composed that mail, everyone else will need to do the research > on > the hardware for you. Most of us would rather you did that bit yourself. > > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > If you are able to run on a laptop like this the commands: lspci cat /proc/cpuinfo It will give a good insight of the spec of this laptop. I would take with me a live gentoo cd and try to run it on this laptop in the store. One more thing, If the wireless card is not supported, I think that you can buy one that is supported by linux for 30$. Just make sure you know how to change the cards. Reagards, Kfir
