From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H2uIt-000090-Sa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:00:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l05Iw1Z7028127; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:58:01 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.228]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l05It0QM004203 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:55:01 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i22so1177031wra for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:54:59 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=phA3E4rrvAdWHP7AkIT3X67elGF1VIuD/zgEDxGPUBK8FhlHo+y4oxNwITmEWQCDybyb4uN+GdlyUdw/hR06YizDDuO7hG7rHjFa+DCJfFMC83rG9E/gc+EU7IqafF+rYQjGvbb4amS9j0lvBBkh9e9Ab9pAnmNZZnIHjgQ1AT4= Received: by 10.90.101.19 with SMTP id y19mr884898agb.1168023299426; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.56.16 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:54:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7225537e0701051054y13dd6b3cx35befb010436be8e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:54:59 -0500 From: "Shawn Singh" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux? In-Reply-To: <459E9909.9020403@develix.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_33686_15635371.1168023299397" References: <20070105124632.BAF6CBA2DB4A9@smtp.trashmail.net> <459E9909.9020403@develix.com> X-Archives-Salt: 54d9aec9-be57-41ea-82ba-28c4df143605 X-Archives-Hash: b7ee7ac4f0173a1197fb8d16e5002ea3 ------=_Part_33686_15635371.1168023299397 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I've got an IBM Thinkpad Z60m and Thinkpad A21p on which Linux works great (The A21p is running Gentoo 2006.0, and the Z60m is running Gentoo 2006.1). On 1/5/07, Cliff Wells wrote: > > James wrote: > > qfpvajdy trashmail.net> writes: > > > > > >> Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with > Linux? > > > > Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the > > store and just booted it up and got everything working, right > > in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers, > > take a usb flash and copy the results of lscpi, lshw, etc > > onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data information > > about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options, > > remotely. > > > > Several trips might be necessary to get everything working.... > > That sounds like a good suggestion. I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I > love. I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work > much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care > about that). > > Regards, > Cliff > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- "Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like I'm standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go away. I don't know why this works but it does." Scott Adams, Dilbert comic ------=_Part_33686_15635371.1168023299397 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I've got an IBM Thinkpad  Z60m and Thinkpad A21p on which Linux works great (The A21p is running Gentoo 2006.0, and the Z60m is running Gentoo 2006.1).

On 1/5/07, Cliff Wells <cliff@develix.com> wrote:
James wrote:
> qfpvajdy <qfpvajdy <at> trashmail.net> writes:
>
>
>> Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with Linux?
>
> Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the
> store and just booted it up and got everything working, right
> in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers,
> take a usb flash and copy  the results of lscpi, lshw, etc
> onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data  information
> about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options,
> remotely.
>
> Several trips might be necessary to get everything working....

That sounds like a good suggestion.  I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I
love.  I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work
much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care
about that).

Regards,
Cliff

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