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Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:01:17 +0200
From: Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring
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Devon Miller wrote:
> I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop.
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> 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 really have only one choice: 
get a laptop with an Intel integrated graphics chip, GMA 950.  It's 
the only chip with an open source driver that is supported by the 
vendor.  It's working pretty well here.

Benno
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