On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Robin Atwood <robin.atw...@attglobal.net>wrote:
> I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if anyone > else on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the hardware > worked out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about > WiFi/audio/webcam, the finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. > Currently I have a "Linux Certified" machine but I want to avoid shipping > costs to the UK. > > > > TIA > > -Robin > > I bought a Gateway NV55C late last year, and Ubuntu went on without a hitch: sound, movies, webcam, wifi, ethernet, second monitor and all. The only thing to dislike is that the machine does not have an indicator LED for caps lock -- on Win 7 it uses an on-screen icon each time the status changes. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
