On Jan 7, 2008 11:55 PM, Darrel N. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking of buying a laptop for home use. I would like to run > basic applications like Firefox, Open Office and probably Amarok for > music. The OS would be Ubuntu or Kubuntu. That is pretty basic > stuff so I don't think I need a lot of horsepower. I am thinking > new, around 1.6-1.8GHz Dual Core, minimum 1Gig of memory and 80-120 > Gig hard drive. I do need wireless 802.11 b/g. So, my question are; > > 1. Are there any makes or brands of laptops I should avoid? > 2. Is there a brand or model of laptop that is better supported by > the Linux community? > 3. Is there a way that I can be certain that the 802.11 in the laptop > is going to be recognized by Ubuntu? > 4. Does anybody have any specific recommendations for a laptop to fit > my needs? (New or used?)
Have you looked at the Dell 1420N www.dell.com/open . Apparently with the release of Ubuntu 7.10 they have been able to get suspend working with their hardware which is a common thing that does not work with most laptops. > > Darrel Lawrence > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
