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 1Q54MJ-0006Hb-TQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:59:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E94311C054; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF401C054 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so941077yxm.40 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:57:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/fnso2e6egqb5iELyPU7/+CNHq41bN7GrtP5DLVLo8s=; b=HUbNWTF0gB7NNjjFKzf7kNDAL98cKsVDxrgRw0FD3beHRcyHBwkv7O0W16d1rogDoX t/acX8yDjf/L7ug65I90WKZ2EFNg4thkmltaq9d1Ucgmi4fUFheXWXFcx53ghEBnCMI2 5yTEUG7VtRuSzIhtWhUzy+tpuzmoHLed2cc9o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=O9qIGRvn16Zv1GZYFcuoeBb69HkIY1sabuT5IySUqokfjBdpek7eWvP3CVGvHBzGwj yaGwub/Zw3ghDrRWuulLdzTdqvoULCqV7NxKCYWM6hVIuu5Yiw20iiEzmlUf3JMC9c5a yDimpgOp1Cn45aSHS/Am7KNvrTlLOhrNbP2T8= Received: by 10.150.2.16 with SMTP id 16mr2146368ybb.280.1301525840344; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.200] (dcpl.ornl.gov [160.91.170.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r18sm304512yba.26.2011.03.30.15.57.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:57:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D93B505.1000100@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:56:05 -0400 From: Valmor de Almeida User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110319 Lightning/1.0b3pre Lanikai/3.1.9 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? References: <20110330184604.GA676@gaurahari> In-Reply-To: <20110330184604.GA676@gaurahari> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: d81f0f8ac79188cb7804bfc331d42e7d On 03/30/2011 02:46 PM, Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:40:02PM +0200, 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. >> > > I've always had the best luck with the hardware support for > thinkpads (and dell inspirons, though they're kind of clunky > and cheesy). Can't vouch for the new ones though, it's been > a few years since I upgraded. > I've been using a thinkpad X201; WiFi works well and audio too. Don't have a camera. There is a little problem configuring the touch pad buttons for a left hand but it does not bother me. All in all a very good machine under gentoo. -- Valmor