[gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Crayon Shin Chan]

I'm looking for a new notebook (to run Gentoo of course). I don't want the 
latest nor the best (too expensive), but it needs to have Core 2 Duo. Are 
there any particular manufacturers/models where "it just works" in terms 
of driver support? 2 items that I would like for it to "just work" with 
the minimum of fuss are the wlan and the hibernation. So anything I 
should look out for or avoid, to make installing Gentoo as painless as 
possible?

tia
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Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Sunday 22 July 2007, Crayon Shin Chan <crayon.shin.chan.uk@gmail.com> 
wrote about '[gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?':
> I'm looking for a new notebook (to run Gentoo of course). I don't want
> the latest nor the best (too expensive), but it needs to have Core 2
> Duo. Are there any particular manufacturers/models where "it just works"
> in terms of driver support? 2 items that I would like for it to "just
> work" with the minimum of fuss are the wlan and the hibernation. So
> anything I should look out for or avoid, to make installing Gentoo as
> painless as possible?

I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system.  System 76 also goes out 
of the way to make sure their hardware is linux friendly.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Crayon Shin Chan]

On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

> I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system. 

Which model is this? Presumably it is a "standard" model but with Ubuntu 
pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this:

http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx

machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching 
my local Dell site for "linux" only gives me the above link.

> System 76 also goes out of the way to make sure their hardware is linux
> friendly. 

Sorry I should've mentioned, as I'm not based in the US, only 
internationally available manufacturers/models would be useful :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Mick]

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On Sunday 22 July 2007 20:10, Crayon Shin Chan wrote:
> On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system.
>
> Which model is this? Presumably it is a "standard" model but with Ubuntu
> pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this:
>
> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
>
> machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching
> my local Dell site for "linux" only gives me the above link.
>
> > System 76 also goes out of the way to make sure their hardware is linux
> > friendly.
>
> Sorry I should've mentioned, as I'm not based in the US, only
> internationally available manufacturers/models would be useful :)

If your local Dell distributor can't/won't get it for you, can't you import it 
from the US?  Of course, it may take a tad longer to arrive and you will have 
to pay some import tax.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Sonntag 22 Juli 2007 21:10 schrieb Crayon Shin Chan:
> On Sunday 22 July 2007 22:53, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > I've had very good luck with my dellbuntu system.
>
> Which model is this? Presumably it is a "standard" model but with Ubuntu
> pre-installed instead some wannabe OS. According to this:
>
> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx
>
> machines with Linux are only available in the US at the moment. Searching
> my local Dell site for "linux" only gives me the above link.
>

You can still buy a Dell with Windows. As long as it's the same type, you are 
fine (of course it's unsupported). Or do you want to buy a laptop without 
Windows?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Notebook/laptop recommendations?

[Crayon Shin Chan]

On Monday 23 July 2007 23:14, Mick wrote:

> If your local Dell distributor can't/won't get it for you, can't you
> import it from the US?  Of course, it may take a tad longer to arrive
> and you will have to pay some import tax.

I had been considering the Inspiron 1520 which I believe is (or will be) 
available in Linux versions. But the waiting time is approximately a 
month - too long - prices can change (go down) a fair bit in a month.

Another model I considered was the Aspire 5572AWXMI which is apparently 
discontinued but had been available from some SE Asia outlets 
pre-installed with Linpus so driver compatibility shouldn't be a problem.

In the end I went for a Thinkpad Z61. I've yet to install gentoo on it - 
still cleaning the windoze partition, removing useless programs and 
shrinking/backup the partition etc. But I've tried a number of livecds 
and all the major components are supported (wifi, cardreader, usb, lan, 
video, pc card, modem, sound, bluetooth). The only thing I'm not sure 
about is the IEEE1394, I don't have any devices to test it, but dmesg 
reports it's "working".

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