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 1Q50VH-00054o-9s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:52:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 527FB1C059; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164051C059 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws13 with SMTP id 13so1533933vws.40 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:49:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=MDgTmYbZ2OCn6zol1dkKiqLXnNem61f9ncL8oWv91I8=; b=k39RDzHl+4JOFw3582ITg+BAYuGpQsKwlWb4sOXwIauVZqnoR49loG0jOZ3Ad92yFx mPdeb5cw0SJ2Q0aFkVYydWoog2H92261UtIx+2/Mq3T+a2rvILr1YW655Zz75pwa0dBx /85xm8KpoSZMZNZqZ1X8IvTMYCRaMuzme9yk8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=i12lz6hexZ6L005g+EJoYZvKoPVhvs05bgVuGjsCMJ4u4Bc5Eg38per2Vyh4BefgDG 2Y9m05jNzlNWHVscmhJ21Iq3DKKEVd5CwPkWE9pRvBaiihyb0Erd0fJ4GwxyTD82BZvO myHGXfyPMqzubUrUCusAdizgJsUBA3kz2RZY8= 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 10.52.0.37 with SMTP id 5mr2099787vdb.269.1301510948520; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:49:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.193.132 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:49:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> References: <201103301931.09419.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:49:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? From: JM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3054aa33c205d0049fb7a1c8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 60af9c942f959c74be782ec6f4240957 --20cf3054aa33c205d0049fb7a1c8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My Acer Aspire One worked with very few modifications. Picked up my wifi card and usb camera (the one in the lid is actually usb), sound card and intel graphics driver (though I haven't yet tried X, only framebuffer, but I get framebuffer in 1024 by 768 on it). Touchpad works fine with gpm mouse driver. Bit of a cheapo netbook but if flies under gentoo, while it was pretty slow under windows. dual core intel Atom. just out of curiosity I also tried the the pixielive cd which runs X for the intel gma graphics chip and is based on gentoo - it gave me full native res with little or now slowdown - I think it uses the poulsbo driver (or some similar name), overall, installing gentoo was painless - the worst experience I had was trying to map my windows key to CTRL-A for use in screen, still haven't managed it! On 30 March 2011 19:31, 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 > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --20cf3054aa33c205d0049fb7a1c8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My Acer Aspire One worked with very few modifications.

P= icked up my wifi card and usb camera (the one in the lid is actually usb), = sound card and intel graphics driver (though I haven't yet tried X, onl= y framebuffer, but I get framebuffer in 1024 by 768 on it). Touchpad works = fine with gpm mouse driver.

Bit of a cheapo netbook but if flies under gentoo, whil= e it was pretty slow under windows. dual core intel Atom.

just out of curiosity I also tried the the pixielive cd which runs = X for the intel gma graphics chip and is based on gentoo - =A0it gave me fu= ll native res with little or now slowdown - I think it uses the poulsbo dri= ver (or some similar name), overall, installing gentoo was painless - the w= orst experience I had was trying to map my windows key to CTRL-A for use in= screen, still haven't managed it!

On 30 March 2011 19:31, Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@a= ttglobal.net> wrote:

I am in the market for a new laptop and would be intere= sted if anyone else on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all t= he hardware worked out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about WiF= i/audio/webcam, the finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. Curr= ently I have a "Linux Certified" machine but I want to avoid ship= ping costs to the UK.



TIA

-Robin

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Robin Atwood.



"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best i= s like the worst,

Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a ma= n can raise a thirst"

from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling

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Robin Atwood.

"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best i= s like the worst,

Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a ma= n can raise a thirst"

from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling

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