Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Akshay Lamba wrote: I would recommend that you run a live CD on the model before purchasing just to make sure there isn't any glaring incompatibilities. Would it be possible to have a list of To Do's when running a Live CD to see if everything (well almost) works. There are so many

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-14 Thread vishal
Hi I am using Fujitsu S2110 AMD 64 BIT TURION processor and this laptop running like charm with gentoo just once issue I had that of ATI RADEON card support but I installed at-drivers and all is set. This laptop is powerful,small(13.3inch screen),lightweight and long battery backup approx 4:15

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-14 Thread Naresh Narang
For that price you should be able to get any top-of-the-line Laptop. --Naresh --- vishal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am using Fujitsu S2110 AMD 64 BIT TURION processor and this laptop running like charm with gentoo just once issue I had that of ATI RADEON card support but I installed

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-14 Thread Raj Shekhar
in infinite wisdom Naresh Narang spoke thus On Saturday 14 January 2006 11:50 PM: For that price you should be able to get any top-of-the-line Laptop. I would estimate you can get that big Mac laptop at that price (Powerbooks perhaps). I doubt if you can get better screen and lighter laptop

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-12 Thread Nishant Sharma
Everyone has its own pros and cons, your choice may depend on its use. Toshiba may give value for money. Toshiba _MAY_ give value for money. I had hard times trying to use in built SD Card Reader, IrDA and ACPI suspend on Debian Sarge but failed. WLAN works fine as its using Intel's cards.

[ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Hi, I'm planning to purchase a laptop, which would be my new Linux box. I have a lot of questions which I am listing below. It would be great if anyone could help me with them - o I read some articles about Linux running into troubles with Intel Centrino based laptops -- especially the WLAN

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Tanveer Singh
On 1/12/06, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm planning to purchase a laptop, which would be my new Linux box. I have a lot of questions which I am listing below. It would be great if anyone could help me with them - o I read some articles about Linux running into troubles

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Mayank Jain
Hi, On 1/12/06, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o I read some articles about Linux running into troubles with Intel Centrino based laptops -- especially the WLAN card. Can someone give me a first hand account? I have a Toshiba Tecra S2 with Centrino Intel (b/g series) Wlan card it

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Praveen Bhaniramka
I am also planning on purchasing a laptop and use it for Linux work. Can you folks also comment on the pricing and the best places for good deals? Cheers, Praveen On 1/12/06, Mayank Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On 1/12/06, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o I read some articles

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Sudev Barar
On 1/12/06, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o I read some articles about Linux running into troubles with Intel Centrino based laptops -- especially the WLAN card. Can someone give me a first hand account? No trouble with Compaq Presario but it would be better to buy Linux laptop IAC as

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-11 Thread Akshay Lamba
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 04:16 +0530, Saurabh Nanda wrote: o I read some articles about Linux running into troubles with Intel Centrino based laptops -- especially the WLAN card. Can someone give me a first hand account? I'm running ubuntu on my HP centrino laptop. No problems with WLAN. o