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 1Q6RYu-0000lC-LI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:58:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C399DE0459; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91DE7E0459 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywl2 with SMTP id 2so2688587ywl.40 for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:56:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=vZhrgLHMD1GFUqconPANrH6CtmtcqRYfUCkfhcBkoSU=; b=C12T+iiMxBgh6IXodnLdgHdbUReEYEjbD9fdt0WlBBZm76ECLbzQ3CK83vsXZ2Alrz P8oujqEifyERfneXH6EtFKuKiCHiJr5l3yOq900Yrp+aOTL3fQOADsZmlxbMs5+pRK2q 6SxvHQNfVoVod2FYpewn6w/FxJNhcicP8ow4g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=RHoKGhemc5oYSMYuQfwctI+yE21075TSUXQ/xuQQePnqjtrV9snJZXu+NQH4Ayq4vb 06Gk471pz5njJ274MEI1f2SPvIelxSvSGThDp8uLryCbgchd96a/jBoBhPMoAnL3Kuo3 93yz1reqEj2SeypJJZlY/+uZr4XfugXuOhrQI= Received: by 10.236.77.161 with SMTP id d21mr8751461yhe.119.1301853391047; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari (adsl-152-81-148.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.81.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u65sm1943665yhn.92.2011.04.03.10.56.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 13:56:20 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? Message-ID: <20110403175620.GA30750@gaurahari> References: 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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c329863f5082ca1dce9ff2346a6c2bef On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 07:20:02PM +0200, Robin Atwood wrote: > On Wednesday 30 March 2011, 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. > > Thanks to everyone who replied. The overwhelming choice seems to be a > ThinkPad so I have just ordered a T510 with a Core i7, 4GB of 1033 RAM > and a 1600x900 screen Now I can't wait for it to be delivered. :) > > Hopefully this thread will be useful to other users. > > Cheers > > -Robin. > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Robin Atwood. > > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" > > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything runs on the thinkpad, I even had mine running plan9 for awhile. :) -- /\ /\ <\ /> ^ 'v-v' caveat utilitor