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 1Q5Iga-0001Fl-BT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:17:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D9D71C00C; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438D71C00C for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so2684459wyi.40 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:37 -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=0OlUAVycukEQv7eITGxTDJO15fvFbHOIQfYhD9zbgH4=; b=hGcyjUUGhCc4iZBhc74M6PHSU7VPSypLafWujBmqdvdKRAIiFichaithAeFlBnps2q SH7SmktLuEbYoVnwQ6QxNJw3nX8o0FFr7Fz3G29BmXk72Y9+cIDj9a02ejhR10xfQjpK c+o66ta0uWPYUuUFQChyFt6AB2yzur8YgeEg0= 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=jDJDn9fnrnsRSLwCnmrm6ilSfBRfQ+SajAiK7u/+Tv6GOIcELBzKMeW/BmS4VOGYbz T/hwueYqK/OBuvRBnWgz3ayF5I9eba+adGWC4PgNkoroiV0GNirF2R6TY1akOB5YRWL/ O9wON5XmpQo7ED6L6VdgG32AvDcXSouFDw0RU= 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 10.227.172.7 with SMTP id j7mr2760430wbz.60.1301580937319; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.127.149 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> References: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:36 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=485b3973f1876a5747049fc7ed19 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 78a33808b9a2cb15a71df62224ea0831 --485b3973f1876a5747049fc7ed19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM, 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. > > > > TIA > > -Robin > > I bought a Gateway NV55C late last year, and Ubuntu went on without a hitch: sound, movies, webcam, wifi, ethernet, second monitor and all. The only thing to dislike is that the machine does not have an indicator LED for caps lock -- on Win 7 it uses an on-screen icon each time the status changes. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD --485b3973f1876a5747049fc7ed19 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Robin = Atwood <= robin.atwood@attglobal.net> wrote:

I am in the market for a new la= ptop 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.



TIA

-Robin



I bought a Gateway NV55C late last year, and Ubuntu went on with= out a hitch: sound, movies, webcam, wifi, ethernet, second monitor and all.=

The only thing to dislike is that the machine does not have an indicato= r LED for caps lock -- on Win 7 it uses an on-screen icon each time the sta= tus changes.

--
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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