On Saturday 29 August 2009 16:52:49 Boaz Rymland wrote: > Hi all, > > > Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other > Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for "linux" word in > laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results: > http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux).
My Acer Aspire 5102WLMi runs Ubuntu 64 bit 9.04 very well. > In specific > - how well all hardware goodies work in linux - power > management/scaling, I never noticed, but I know the hard disk stops spinning and the screen goes black after a few minutes. > wifi, Beautifully. Atheros is a thing of beauty. > bluetooth, card reader, I never use those so I can't say. > X Beautifully with one exception. It does NOT work with most video projectors in X. Neither does my other Linux laptop. The fonts are very nice on the LCD screen. > , etc etc... Sound works very nicely. Flash specific sites work just fine. I haven't used the built in webcam. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
