[gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Devon Miller
I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. I'm currently running on an HP Pavilion ze1000 with an upgraded disk. It mostly works, but the VIA graphics chips means no compositing, no beryl, and anything OpenGL is slow. I'm looking to upgrade and while I'm aware of the vendors

RE: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Wayne Oliver
-Original Message- From: Devon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 May 2007 02:13 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. I'm currently running

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 08:12 -0400, Devon Miller wrote: Does anyone know of a bootable CD intended for testing laptop (or desktop) functionality? I'm hoping someone out there has built something on top of Knoppix or Gentoo's LiveCD that will examine the hardware and report what's good and

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 May 2007 08:12:35 -0400 Devon Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. I'm currently running on an HP Pavilion ze1000 with an upgraded disk. It mostly works, but the VIA graphics chips

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Devon Miller wrote: I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. I'm currently running on an HP Pavilion ze1000 with an upgraded disk. It mostly works, but the VIA graphics chips means no compositing, no beryl, and anything OpenGL is slow. If OpenGL acceleration is a must, you