(http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/myarticle.php3?sid=20000821065122) I recently received the following question I'm thinking of buying a notebook, and installing LM on it. Im in Singapore, and have problem to found out info about hardware compatibility. Could you suggest me some brand/model which will work withouth problems? Well, unfortunately we still do not have a notebook-compatibility DB, but maybe we could set a preliminary one here on "FAQ" section of mandrakeforum, until we have a "real" notebook-compatibility DB available. If you have installed LM 7.1 on a notebook, please answer to this story in a following way: Put notebook-s model/name in the subject line add a note (0 to 5) in brackets right after the notebook name. Give a description of problems encountered during instalation (if any), and workarounds you used to get these problems solved NOTES: 5 Perfect install, no problems, everything works 4 Smooth instalation, but some hardware not configured automatically, or needs a special driver (for instance, one has to run XFdrake after install to get X running, or HardDrake to get the sound going) 3 Smooth install, but some hardware not supported at all under Linux (modem, soundcard) 2 Bad failures: Unsupported graphic card, PCMCIA not working and such... 1 Hands off this model: it is a complete catastrophy under linux!
