On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Pawan Sood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am on the lookout for a laptop that plays nice with Linux and have > > zeroed in on three choices: Lenovo Thinkpad R61 [1], Dell XPS M1330 > > [2] and Sony Vaio CR [3]. I am not sure how compatible they are with > > Debian. Some web-search does suggest that almost all of them can be > > made to work but I would appreciate advice from the real world as > > well. > > > > Web search also did not come up with any instances of anyone ever > > having `reclaimed' the M$ tax in India. Has that ever been attempted? > > > > Thank you, > > -- Manish > > I have Lenovo R61 and FC8 x86_64 is installed in dual boot with Vista > Business. > I have observed that in FC8 the Fn+F5 combination does not start the > inbuilt bluetooth. However, if I keep the Bluetooth module in on > position while shutting down the Laptop in Vista and then boot it in > FC8, the bluetooth works fine thereafter.
Asus Eee PC 900 seems to be a great deal if you really serious about Linux as the OS & value for money. I have no idea when it would hit in Indian market, but appears to be promising, comes with 20GB (Solid State Disk, read more about SSD ), Intel processor, 1GB RAM preloaded with Linux. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/16/asus_launches_eee_900/ Hardware specs goes here http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/04/15/asus_releases_eee_pc900_specifications_and_uk_prices.html People in a couple of linux mailing list are desperate to get a copy of it! Regards Yashpal _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
