From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PoY6Q-0002wd-WF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:18:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79166E0997; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E48E0997 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so3711924wwi.10 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:16:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Hcu0bqO9PK4aBWtgzuBk2U0onrABZgPmuecrnlPGFjU=; b=eCCkrztqSNy1QYljcwlUZgIqB+SGC1SZ8fkr3aoi14Hkcb4m5IxktcUEHLTYsw9f49 44dG2cNgqsDrm0tnc+Wu8V+sIM4upDt9pEW//UY/gudLWqCnbN1RTQxY1E2e4Bv9B7AX Zsmb7Iw8Dm8+OUIi7V5dHZTdLpFmpWvxZ4hU4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=C9Z8lg/jyQQ9QHTZfoFaKEiF/0096jjUmHblVCwGVYvAlMvTh5gppXzhsXBB3ZmQI0 sm7CBmIoKaqfYXxvyrRUuZCIMFwwH7oA0htfIGTLtAnW6sD11ckpE7Tc5+vZk0NAfKVd ggQg0yAviefRNYBGcKdFACgcB6vHxb3AixRKs= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.154.8 with SMTP id g8mr2224319wek.12.1297588610363; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:16:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: martin.herrman@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.27.194 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:16:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:16:50 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: kAnk_D5iJiCHfUkcSKL03-pqqws Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Dell Latitude E5410 laptop From: Martin Herrman To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7ad8506971dd23ab5210bb3011b7b6f3 2011/2/12 Fernando Boaglio > > Hi, > > I'm thinking about buying a new=A0 Dell Latitude E5410 laptop, I had to s= ell my LG laptop because it has a proprietary video driver that makes Linux= unable to control brightness, resulting in laptop=A0 battery did not last = even for an hour ... =3D/ > Anyone have this laptop Dell Latitude E5410 ? Does it run=A0 Gentoo smoot= hly ? > > Found nothing in the forums or=A0 wiki ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/C= ategory:Dell_Laptops ) > > TIA > > []'s > Fernando Boaglio If the laptop is supported by Linux, it is supported by Gentoo. Canonical has a certification programme for its Ubuntu distribution. If they provide full support, you must be able to get Gentoo working as well. http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/make/Dell (I get a proxy error, but the URL should be the correct one..) Martin