Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop

[Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.com>]

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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>wrote:

> Apparently, though unproven, at 14:03 on Tuesday 26 October 2010, Roger
> Cahn
> did opine thusly:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to buy a laptop Asus N series,
> > but could anybody tell me if its possible
> > to use it with Gentoo-Linux?
> > And in case of yes, if it's a good choice?
> > Thank you
> > Roger
>
>
> Does it have Intel cpus? Then you can use it.
> Will it work with the supplied wifi card? I haven't the foggiest clue
> mostly
> as I don't know what card it has.
>
> To get a sensible answer on a question like that, you MUST supply the
> entire
> spec of all the hardware you intend to buy. Only then can people offer an
> opinion on how good or otherwise the drivers are.
>
> The way you composed that mail, everyone else will need to do the research
> on
> the hardware for you. Most of us would rather you did that bit yourself.
>
>
> --
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>
If you are able to run on a laptop like this the commands:
lspci
cat /proc/cpuinfo

It will give a good insight of the spec of this laptop.
I would take with me a live gentoo cd and try to run it on this laptop in
the store.

One more thing, If the wireless card is not supported, I think that you can
buy one that is supported by linux for 30$.
Just make sure you know how to change the cards.

Reagards,
Kfir

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