On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:27:44 +0800 "Tito Mari Francis Escaño" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found this affordable laptop model here in the Philippines and I > really wish to have Linux in it. I'd like to ask the list if this > particular model is supported before my meager budget is wasted on a > useless hardware. > Thank you very much! Well, it's a complicated question, and depends on what you mean by "support". If you mean that HP/Compaq will support you if you try to use GNU/Linux then the answer is an absolute no, no way in hell, not as long as Microsoft's OEM licensing deals remain as they are. Now, if you mean by "support" that you'll get a usable GNU/Linux system on that hardware, then that's a more complicated question. I've never failed to install GNU/Linux on a laptop before, but I've also never ever completely succeeded in getting all of the hardware built into a laptop I've owned to completely function under GNU/Linux. All of the four laptops I've owned over the past ten years have had internal modems, and I've never ever been able to get even one them to function under GNU/Linux. My present laptop also has a SD/MMC/MS/SM card reader built into it, and no dice with getting that otherwise very convenient built-in peripheral to work. The wireless chipsets in my present and prior laptops only work with ndiswrapper. This will most likely be the case with the laptop you're planning to get as well. -- 普通じゃないのが当然なら答える私は何ができる？ 普通でも普通じゃなくて感じるまま感じることだけをするよ！ http://stormwyrm.blogspot.com
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