saurabh daptardar wrote:
On 6/17/07, Siddhesh Poyarekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"The Linux that is pre-loaded is a free version and would have limited
functionality until another operating system is installed"
Now, does that mean that some drivers are not available on Linux or is
it simply negative marketing for Linux?
Has anyone tried out the pre-loaded Linux distribution or installed another
distribution on this particular model (Acer 3680) ? I am thinking of
buying
it -- seems to be economical and suited to my requirements but my primary
concern is Linux compatibility. Kindly share your experiences and reports.
The local vendor tells me the WLAN card is by Atheros.
Another thing about marketing --- look out for small prints --- the price
is more than what catches your eye !
Acer models which come preinstalled with Linux usually have a minimal
install of Linpus (http://distrowatch.com/linpus). It boots into
runlevel 3. To get the laptop to do anything productive, one usually has
to format and install a more capable distro.
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विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar)
Registered Linux User #374218
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Linux 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 x86_64
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