Salut Robert, J'écris en anglais, donc tout le monde comprend! ;~)
In my experience Linux will work to some extent on pretty much any laptop. The things to look out for are these: - What graphics card does it have? Get nvidia if you possibly can. If you are doing anything that needs to render graphics of any speed then make sure you get something which is not one of these devices that does not have its own dedicated graphics card. - The on board web cam is unlikely to work. - Try and get a laptop with a wifi card that has Linux drivers. For example, Intel 4965. Once you have found the laptop you want hardware-wise, get on to Google and put the model number and Linux. You can bet someone else has done it and posted how they have got on. This is a good site too: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ I've been using Mandriva on laptops for eighteen months and found - on previous versions - it struggled a wee bit with WiFi and the Intel HD sound cards (although that was the same with desktops), but 2008.1 has ironed out all these issues and installed very nicely on my Zepto. (Zepto only do up to 15" as the largest screen, sadly.) Mandriva is a really brilliant distribution these days and it staggers me that it's not more popular. I've tried Crossover Office on Mandriva and it worked with MS Office very well. The other issue to consider is whether you want to pat the Microsoft Tax (this is why I chose Zepto to an extent as they sell without OSes if you wish). Something like this *might* be nice, but whether they'll ship to France I don't know... http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lc2520dc.html As far as your printer goes, if it works on your desktop it will work on your laptop! On the topic if dual booting - make sure you install Linux last as the evil Microsoft installer will just wipe anything else that's on there. Bon chance. Rob martin welsh wrote: > I am a Xandros fan because it works. My set up boot manages DOS, > Windows(Not vista) and Xandros - keyboard select on start up. > The current Xandros 4.1, if you buy it, includes a copy of Crossover > Office which enables the operation of many Windows programmes within Linux. > The current edition is scheduled for updating to kde 4 etc if it is as > good as Xandros 4.1 it will be worth waiting for. > > martin welsh > > Robert Leleu wrote: >> Je souhaite acheter un portable (écran de 17 ") qui tournera sous Linux >> (j'utilise actuellement Mandriva), avec une possibilité de faire >> tourner, si possible en même temps, win98 ou Mac), en utilisant un Linux >> capable de piloter une imprimante Canon iX 4000. >> Merci à ceux qui auraient un conseil à me donner. >> >> Mi ŝatus aĉeti porteblan komputilon (17 " bildo), kiu funkcios kun >> Linukso (mi uzas nune Mandriva-on), kaj ankaŭ funkcios, eble samtempe, >> kun win98 aŭ Mac. La uzota Linukso eblus funkciigi Canon >> iX-4000-printilon. Dankon al ĉiuj, kiuj konsilus min. >> >> I'm planning to buy a 17 " laptop computer, who should run under Linux >> (I'm presently using Mandriva), and, possibly at the same time, under >> Win98 or Mac. The Linux distribution should be able drive a Canon >> iX-4000 printer. Thanks to anyone sending me a recommendation. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Hk-classes-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hk-classes-discuss >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Hk-classes-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hk-classes-discuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Hk-classes-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hk-classes-discuss
