On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Nagarjuna G. <[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? > > > > if you choose Dell latitude series machines, they give you the option not > to > have M$ at all. they give the machine with freedos installed. not tax > here. > _______________________________________________ > 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]/ > @Ashish, I've never compared FOSS drivers of ATI and Nvidia, it's just that as far closed proprietary drivers are concerned, Nvidia seemed far better to me as compared to ATI. Yes, you are quite correct in stating that ATI has been ahead in FOSS development and I've also learned that they've taken initiative to make all their drivers open or are planning to do so. Also with Nouveau (http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/) project going on it would be real nice to see these two graphics chipset giants performing against each other :) Regards, Mayank _______________________________________________ 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]/
