From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H3GUA-0006mP-Jw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:41:43 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l06Id3aA007079; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:39:03 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.233]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l06IYTb2031165 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:34:30 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so10419363wxd for ; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:34:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:subject:from:content-type:mime-version:newsgroups:references:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:user-agent; b=kis5i7BVvPomOgkEDl41i45EFuKFbpqQzZBqNxHWaRNi1wiHtYTw0I6RrcrraO3gu022TYrYk0w/Uwo/peTxGRgEb4ZlAgeOqbDPh1nHP22m5rPL1LAmXZwR2Ufb/TL2kv3zn9J2bR6Q1zHNzk56kFVLInjSYQlwJi1lcsoyZjE= Received: by 10.70.48.11 with SMTP id v11mr45584408wxv.1168108468803; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:34:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from you.and.your.horse ( [71.232.208.170]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 6sm44385522wrh.2007.01.06.10.34.27; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:34:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:34:25 -0500 To: gentoo-user Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux? From: 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user References: <20070105124632.BAF6CBA2DB4A9@smtp.trashmail.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.10 (Linux) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id l06Id3ad007079 X-Archives-Salt: 3249da7f-eac3-4746-8d89-d89abc448972 X-Archives-Hash: c871492be0df0bcf97202be5befcef90 On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:49:48 -0500, =C2=BBQ=C2=AB wrote= : > qfpvajdy wrote: > >> I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install >> Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop >> for which I have bought. > > I've just installed Gentoo on a Sony VAIO VGN-FS740, and I recommend > against it. Almost everything in it is well-supported, but one of the > most important things is a PiTA. Sony uses some unusual system to > handle power management, and there are things the drivers available > with the kernel will not handle. Most notably, I could not get control > of LCD brightness without installing a driver which is (a) not in > portage and (b) AFAICT not in most distros' repositories. If someone > hadn't published a portage overlay for it, I would still be struggling > with it. From what I've read (which was a lot more than I wanted to, > this is the situation with most (all?) of Sony's FS models. Think that this is exactly right. However, I wouldn't limit my laptop selection to one that is 100% =20 Gentooable. e.g. I went with Sony (their smallest) and would do so again, because =20 small size, light weight, and high-quality display (necessary on a tiny =20 box) were so important. As you indicated, it was a PITA; Lot of stuff =20 still doesn't work :-( , but it's light enough (2.7 lbs) and small enough= t =20 that I stick it in the backpack and don't resent it. --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list