Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
On Sunday 22 July 2007 20:10, Crayon Shin Chan wrote: On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system. Which model is this? Presumably it is a standard model but with Ubuntu pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching my local Dell site for linux only gives me the above link. System 76 also goes out of the way to make sure their hardware is linux friendly. Sorry I should've mentioned, as I'm not based in the US, only internationally available manufacturers/models would be useful :) If your local Dell distributor can't/won't get it for you, can't you import it from the US? Of course, it may take a tad longer to arrive and you will have to pay some import tax. -- Regards, Mick pgpjPR8pUnYg2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
On Monday 23 July 2007 23:14, Mick wrote: If your local Dell distributor can't/won't get it for you, can't you import it from the US? Of course, it may take a tad longer to arrive and you will have to pay some import tax. I had been considering the Inspiron 1520 which I believe is (or will be) available in Linux versions. But the waiting time is approximately a month - too long - prices can change (go down) a fair bit in a month. Another model I considered was the Aspire 5572AWXMI which is apparently discontinued but had been available from some SE Asia outlets pre-installed with Linpus so driver compatibility shouldn't be a problem. In the end I went for a Thinkpad Z61. I've yet to install gentoo on it - still cleaning the windoze partition, removing useless programs and shrinking/backup the partition etc. But I've tried a number of livecds and all the major components are supported (wifi, cardreader, usb, lan, video, pc card, modem, sound, bluetooth). The only thing I'm not sure about is the IEEE1394, I don't have any devices to test it, but dmesg reports it's working. -- Crayon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
Am Sonntag 22 Juli 2007 21:10 schrieb Crayon Shin Chan: On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system. Which model is this? Presumably it is a standard model but with Ubuntu pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching my local Dell site for linux only gives me the above link. You can still buy a Dell with Windows. As long as it's the same type, you are fine (of course it's unsupported). Or do you want to buy a laptop without Windows? pgpgFGhlrN1Gf.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
I'm looking for a new notebook (to run Gentoo of course). I don't want the latest nor the best (too expensive), but it needs to have Core 2 Duo. Are there any particular manufacturers/models where it just works in terms of driver support? 2 items that I would like for it to just work with the minimum of fuss are the wlan and the hibernation. So anything I should look out for or avoid, to make installing Gentoo as painless as possible? tia -- Crayon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
On Sunday 22 July 2007, Crayon Shin Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?': I'm looking for a new notebook (to run Gentoo of course). I don't want the latest nor the best (too expensive), but it needs to have Core 2 Duo. Are there any particular manufacturers/models where it just works in terms of driver support? 2 items that I would like for it to just work with the minimum of fuss are the wlan and the hibernation. So anything I should look out for or avoid, to make installing Gentoo as painless as possible? I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system. System 76 also goes out of the way to make sure their hardware is linux friendly. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?
On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system. Which model is this? Presumably it is a standard model but with Ubuntu pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching my local Dell site for linux only gives me the above link. System 76 also goes out of the way to make sure their hardware is linux friendly. Sorry I should've mentioned, as I'm not based in the US, only internationally available manufacturers/models would be useful :) -- Crayon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
