Very true, but somewhat overblown IMHO. driverloader came out just after the (for-pay) NDISwrapper thingy, and is about as good from what I've read. My own "Centrino" wifi does NOT require either of these, AFAIK -- Centrino is merely a name for the setup, including a range of hardware options... I don't know much but I read its definition is limited to some chips on the mobo, which help do moe useful things in a laptop, like manage CPU and wifi power levels together. There are a wide range of wifi chipsets that can be used, mine has Atheros as I've said, which is better-supported. The video is NOT though = ((( I've also not yet been burning CD's or reading DVD's on the internal drive, under linux. What I'd *really* like to see is a) someone rev-eng intel's i810 family, all the way up to i875 chipsets, or b) intel stepping up and releasing their (obviously shameful) "secrets". I'm sure they've got maketing reasons to keep their chipset closed, but at this point it seems their just shaking in fear that the world will see how crappily it was designed. I can only hope this is read as a flame by someone important, and helps b) take place!
cheerio, rantily so, Ben PS - tid's seem to be useless in /. URL's. Anyone got a clue on that? On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:30:39 -0800 "Darren Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Timely news on this topic at /. | | http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/01/26/1148256.shtml | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list" | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:46 PM | Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Laptops? | | | > What model? I was pretty set on the Sony TR2's until I found my Fujitsu | > P5020D. I think it is a better value, unless you get an iBook = ) | > | > Ben | > | > PS - The intel 855GM chipset is not terribly-well supported in linux | > these days, it is of the i810 ilk. The future is bright, but far away | > -- Intel has not been releasing their specs from what I understand. I | > hear | 1280x768 | > is not a VESA standard anyway... beware of centrino in general. Driver | > progress pushes on, so do your homework on google, forums, and | sourceforge. | > Maybe you were looking at the Z1 or V505 models? Not quite sub-, | > but they appear lighter than most notebooks. | > | > | > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:32:42 -0800 (PST) | > "Robert M. Solovay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > | | > | I'm thinking of getting a SONY Vaio sub-notebook laptop. Any comments | > | about them or what online store to buy/ not buy them would be greatly | > | appreciated. | > | | > | --Bob Solovay _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
