Brocade has serious issues. Only proprietary wireless drivers. And it generally only comes for Ubuntu,that too late
On 12/13/10, akshay khatri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Every geek knows about this problem. Hence there are various guides >> > available on the internet to buy pcs, laptops, specially instructing >> > about careful inspection of hardware if you plan to install linux. >> > > Not every geek(not including you) ;) > most people(even geeks) need to go for the quality of the components as well > apart from the supported types. > Most geeks are aware of that there could be problems to get linux working > well, but the quality and surely the brand can't be put aside at all. > > And as far as my experience says, Dell laptops didn't have any linux related > problems(not many) before but for the new series they have launched a few > months ago so probably > I don't want to go in flame war of brands, but in sub range laptops, at this > time only Dell(with there new series) and Asus(mostly) can be relied over > hardware reliability in the market (though personal user experience may vary > for specific combinations ). > > So I feel there is still a long way ahead for fully compatible linux laptops > to be available(until Narendra's plan succeeds :) ) > >> -- >> Regards, >> Nilesh Govindarajan >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr >> Website: http://www.itech7.com >> VPS Hosting: http://www.itech7.com/a/vps >> > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- Sent from my mobile device -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
