I've got a Lenovo Y560d with Ubuntu 10.10, and everything works pretty much out of the box. Didn't have to struggle with anything particular.
Thanks, Subhranath. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Abhinav Sahai <abhinav...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Ravi Kumar <ra2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gora, Is this recommendations to buy Sony VIAO or are you saying not to > > buy > > > because it has lots of issues with GNU Linux?? > > > > Well, to me, these were minor annoyances that I was willing to put up > with, > > especially as I imagine that they will be solved with future kernel > > releases. > > At that price point, the laptop is a steal: Comparable models from other > > manufacturers (e.g., Dell, Lenovo, etc.) were over 70K, though I am not > > sure > > how build quality compares. Your mileage might vary. > > > > > Anyway, I bought Dell Inspiron 1545 with freedos, around a year ago, > and > > it > > > never had any problem in using Linux and/or installing any device > driver. > > [...] > > > > Yes, Dell in general does have better Linux support, and their build > > quality for > > the business laptops is good (the Alien series is also worth looking > > at). However, > > do not buy online from them, as their service is terrible, even though > the > > site > > is nice. I had actually ordered a Dell online, but cancelled after what > was > > supposed to be a 2-week delivery turned into over a month with no > definite > > delivery date in sight, and no communication from Dell's side. > > > > Regards, > > Gora > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ilugd mailing list > > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > > +2 for Dell. Bought an Inspiron 1545 without OS last year, works smoothly > till date (used Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04). > Another one six months back, works smoothly again, 10.04. > > Regards, > Abhinav > > Contact Me [image: Linkedin] <http://linkedin.com/in/abhinavsahai>[image: > Facebook] <http://facebook.com/abhinavsahai>[image: > Flickr]<http://flickr.com/photos/abhinavsahai>[image: > Twitter] <http://twitter.com/abhinavsahai>[image: > Blogger]<http://abhinavsahai.com/> > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
