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 1Q5Y4p-0005B2-OZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:43:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D52161C007; Fri, 1 Apr 2011 06:41:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35951C007 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2011 06:41:54 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtkHAFNylU1FpaD8/2dsb2JhbACYXYx9eMBXhWsEkH+FNQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,281,1299474000"; d="scan'208";a="100619620" Received: from 69-165-160-252.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.160.252]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 01 Apr 2011 02:41:53 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:43:11 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:43:11 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? Message-ID: <20110401064311.GC6621@waltdnes.org> References: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f087810cf0dfcd6a7129daf361a496d9 On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:31:09PM +0100, Robin Atwood wrote > I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if > anyone else on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all > the hardware worked out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned > about WiFi/audio/webcam, the finer points of hibernation are of > lesser concern. Currently I have a "Linux Certified" machine but I > want to avoid shipping costs to the UK. That would require the install CD to be psychic. I got an Acer Aspire working under Gentoo after "an excellent adventure". See thread... http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/238950 I think that with Gentoo the problem is knowing which drivers to use. The only problem is to avoid machines with "Poulsbo" video chips at all costs. -- Walter Dnes