I've been using Debian on my Dell Latitude D520. Everything is working almost properly.. I'm just having problems with - USB mouse(only works if I disable touchpad) - Intel Wireless system(simply can't install IPW3945)
Everything else is just perfect! On 10/12/2007, js <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for the pointer. > > I'll try that list. > > On Dec 10, 2007 2:44 AM, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 9, 2007 1:27 AM, js <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I'm thinking that I also switch my notebook's OS to Debian. > > > Before starting this switch, I like to hear some comments from > > > people who's using Debian on their notebook. > > > Is there any annoyance? > > > > You might want to subscribe to the debian-laptop list, since there > > will be a lot of laptop-specific traffic there, and you might get more > > prompt responses to questions. That being said, I've been running > > Debian sid on my Thinkpad T23 for several years, and I've been very > > happy with it. Laptops can be a mixed bag, hardware-wise, so it's > > more likely that you'll run into an issue where there's no Free > > driver. If you've got all Intel hardware, this shouldn't be a > > problem. > > > > > One thing I worry is battery management > > > where Apple's MacBook is very good at. > > > OS X's sleep mode is just works. I love it so much. > > > > Check out acpi, acpid, and acpitools. Also powertop, which will help > > you tweak your system to minimize wakeups-from-idle. You can > > configure acpid to respond to various events like function keys, > > close-lid, and open-lid. See /usr/share/doc/acpid. > > > > -- > > Michael A. Marsh > > http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh > > http://mamarsh.blogspot.com > > http://36pints.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- André César de Sá
