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 1Q5bVS-0000mD-V2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:23:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B396BE07CD; Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AA6BE07CD for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwg12 with SMTP id 12so3488637bwg.40 for ; Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:21:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=+GAwWpZpfjmtiRmEbu0Ac1KzXxsEImnijpRyJII2bF4=; b=Go3d8OmVoFxXb4s1sWTFJXQlSTsH/gOi74oNfaBHNv/Zi5NkPbKI1oc93bmc37fFyn FDDuSX6NfS6Wg4caiMWdEflQI/QK67LoEXXjMnDsDRDPqd5S7PxE4HDVyL8KQTGQ9sbu wMNNXVqSbGO1Yjs/kyDx8dYhJLdMziqWhfVD4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=lfLmaEvWDhmUDao61AaRThsdNXun7qm6tBuFZx/eVLtswa0ctf9swUHqz70d+Wd9nE xqlTL7VG4y530v49EjTP33CHgIMvgp9cE3MyXVseKs1RrJq6g874z5fR3lKJ9BCuoT/U 647j43sq7BolT8KSD6wQDCTrnvFTkqfH5leZs= 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 Received: by 10.204.46.217 with SMTP id k25mr3459733bkf.24.1301653282356; Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.84.155 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Apr 2011 03:21:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110401064311.GC6621@waltdnes.org> References: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> <20110401064311.GC6621@waltdnes.org> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 07:21:22 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? From: Fernando Antunes To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d58ca883fd2e049fd8c513 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 111e633b45908b13c645731d4c4024ce --0016e6d58ca883fd2e049fd8c513 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > 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. > > Lenovo Thinkpad T series works great. > 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 > > --0016e6d58ca883fd2e049fd8c513 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Walter D= nes <waltdnes= @waltdnes.org> wrote:
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 int= erested 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.

Lenovo Thinkpad T series works great.
=A0
=A0That would require the install CD to be psychic. =A0I got an Acer= Aspire
working under Gentoo after "an excellent adventure". =A0See threa= d...
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/238950 =A0I= think that
with Gentoo the problem is knowing which drivers to use. =A0The only
problem is to avoid machines with "Poulsbo" video chips at all co= sts.

--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.= org>


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