Re: [ilugd] i7 Laptops with Ubuntu
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat amar.aks...@gmail.com wrote: Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? -- Every laptop is an unique beast (almost) even within the same model number sequence. As others have pointed the problem is with the manufacturer not releasing the hardware specs to the Linux kernel driver developers. Get an inventory of the hardware spec (at the chip set level). Watch the release notes of the kernel releases. When you see your hardware in the list, build yourself a custom kernel. As someone pointed out - it is best to buy a model that is known to work with Linux. Typically, the systems with pre loaded FreeDOS or Linpus Linux pretty much work out of the box with the latest distros. This has been my experience for the last two laptop purchases. *Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.* Nice Sig line :) -- Arun Khan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] i7 Laptops with Ubuntu
On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 09:10 +0530, Anuvrat Parashar wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat amar.aks...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I recently purchased this Asus Zenbook, i7, which comes with Windows, and then I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on it. And since then I am busy fixing so many unsupported hardware things, Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? I guess you forgot one of the basic principles of buying a computer for using with GNU/Linux. The first thing one has to do before buying is to scout around for hardware that is fully supported. One way would be to look for computers which have Linux pre-loaded, so that one knows that all the hardware will be supported. The other way would be to take a live distro with you either on a CD or a pen drive and test it before deciding to buy. If one just decides to buy a machine and then tries to make it run on any of the available distros, one might face such problems. Regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India h uttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] i7 Laptops with Ubuntu
Yeah, but when you live in countryside, freelancing quietly, ordering from Amazon after reading the Asus zenbook Ubuntu page is the only option you have. Anyway, a vm on Windows looks like the best option in the short run, will keep you updated on my findings. On Friday, September 21, 2012, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 09:10 +0530, Anuvrat Parashar wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat amar.aks...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Hello, I recently purchased this Asus Zenbook, i7, which comes with Windows, and then I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on it. And since then I am busy fixing so many unsupported hardware things, Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? I guess you forgot one of the basic principles of buying a computer for using with GNU/Linux. The first thing one has to do before buying is to scout around for hardware that is fully supported. One way would be to look for computers which have Linux pre-loaded, so that one knows that all the hardware will be supported. The other way would be to take a live distro with you either on a CD or a pen drive and test it before deciding to buy. If one just decides to buy a machine and then tries to make it run on any of the available distros, one might face such problems. Regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India h uttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- Thank you... *Amar Akshat (アマール)* *Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.* ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] i7 Laptops with Ubuntu
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat amar.aks...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I recently purchased this Asus Zenbook, i7, which comes with Windows, and then I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on it. And since then I am busy fixing so many unsupported hardware things, Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? -- You are not alone. Experiencing problems with a relatively new hardware is very common, primarily because the drivers/specifications for components have not been released in the public domain and the dedicated contributers are busy developing drivers by reverse engineering existing ones. I had struggled with my Dell Studio 1450 for over six months before it started working like it should. Some will rant about conspiracy theories on MS coercing the hardware manufacturers to release the specifications to them and them alone thus ensuring a bigger hand in the desktop market share ... but for people like us ... who would stick to linux no matter what ... it seems like a really futile attempt by MS. Regards -- Anuvrat Parashar http;//anuvrat.in ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] i7 Laptops with Ubuntu
Thats true actually, but what did help me were the scripts in the forums, which allows me use my touch pad for right click .. as 2 finger tap. I was wondering if you guys had access to any such scripts for power management. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Anuvrat Parashar anuv...@anuvrat.inwrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat amar.aks...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I recently purchased this Asus Zenbook, i7, which comes with Windows, and then I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on it. And since then I am busy fixing so many unsupported hardware things, Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? -- You are not alone. Experiencing problems with a relatively new hardware is very common, primarily because the drivers/specifications for components have not been released in the public domain and the dedicated contributers are busy developing drivers by reverse engineering existing ones. I had struggled with my Dell Studio 1450 for over six months before it started working like it should. Some will rant about conspiracy theories on MS coercing the hardware manufacturers to release the specifications to them and them alone thus ensuring a bigger hand in the desktop market share ... but for people like us ... who would stick to linux no matter what ... it seems like a really futile attempt by MS. Regards -- Anuvrat Parashar http;//anuvrat.in -- Thank you... *Amar Akshat (アマール)* *Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.* ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
