Hi Peter
I have an ARM TS759. Not sure how similar it is to the TS3100 (it has no
DVD, but it was an option). I have been very happy with it, and eveything
has worked natively under linux except sound (ESS 1968s - maestro 2) which
does work with the OSS drivers. I really haven't mucked with the APM
support much though. The 14" display works great with SVGA server
(3.3.3.1-49)
I dual boot win98 too, but hardly use it.
All in al, I'm very happy with it, and it was darn cheap compared to
similarily equiped machines late last year. If I recall correctly, the
display and many of the internals are identical to an IBM thinkpad, which
is where I got my video info from when setting up X.
Feel free to contact me offline for any specifics once you know what's the
same on mine and yours :)
charles
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Peter Amstutz wrote:
> Hi. I've been doing a lot of research on desktop-replacement class
> laptops in the $2000 - $2500 range lately and have eventually narrowed
> down my choices to ARM Computers TS3100 or the Sager 6650. I intend to
> dual boot Linux with Win98 for games/certain hardware (like DVD) Does
> anyone have any experience with Linux on these or similar systems? In
> particular I'm interested in video, sound, and DVD support.
>
> * Each system is equipped with the ATI Rage Pro 3D LT chipset; I realize
> that 3D acceleration isn't supported in Linux but does XFree86 support it
> otherwise for normal 2D stuff?
>
> * The TS3100 has an ESS Maestro 1969 audio chipset, how well is this
> supported in Linux? (I don't know what chipset the sager system has)
>
> * I want to get a DVD-ROM drive; I know that full DVD support for Linux is
> coming along slowly, but in the meantime will a DVD drive be functional in
> Linux as a normal CD-ROM drives?
>
> Thanks.
>
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