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 1PAlrr-0005HB-Dc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:55:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE8BEE068C; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91919E068C for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywa6 with SMTP id 6so5084447ywa.40 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:54:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=A4PALE/Uk0aXzXSWH7QqQKguy22BF0LImiRx+NkrxGk=; b=A3jIK/09RygLsMsvORLVWeaZQke+vIm9yyIzoq/DTC43jPqx+Barlu8F8kFlLz5K2e Sxq+uz1SSKMgPjLKbLF1WxL9sbuTHBVKR6pvF8Rre7lFV7S8RUDa2IUh0HlwqA2ti40u lH751JSH8cRA65En1ZH1fXQp6qPfzZoZrmMnQ= 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=Yf4JL90KjC2M3e30kj2NTt8r/R0VUebI9sLgB7FRxFeS41BF3N4tcl3wJqSSaNERKn 0WkyhcKAn0Y9tiAl5nvbEwvGs99CLMp+1Hd3oMgWqRK9hgFWxHVFHKauKZHij4J7heHq qha9zhNi8D8AGm9ag2qhBcMwAlr7yy4JkH1KA= 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 10.239.172.69 with SMTP id z5mr2062368hbe.170.1288108452618; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:54:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.67.99 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:54:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201010261625.32523.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <4CC6C3AA.9040904@club-internet.fr> <201010261625.32523.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:54:12 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop From: Kfir Lavi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f03cacc023af0493871e6a X-Archives-Salt: 47d36ffa-5655-4b9d-b1a5-ce80271ce7a9 X-Archives-Hash: 11353a7ed9529921a077741ed5b5da91 --001485f03cacc023af0493871e6a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Alan McKinnon 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 --001485f03cacc023af0493871e6a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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 Cah= n
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 m= ostly
as I don't know what card it has.

To get a sensible answer on a question like that, you MUST supply the entir= e
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 insi= ght of the spec of this laptop.
I would take with me a live gentoo cd an= d 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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