On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Pawan Sood wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Manish 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.
Thanks for the tip. I am also leaning towards R61 (7734A17). It's good except in the looks department. Earlier at one workplace I have used T61 and I think R61 shares it's trackpoint with three buttons, light on the monitor with excellent keyboard. Has WiFi been a problem for you and does hibernation work? -- Manish _______________________________________________ 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]/
