Hi guys! Im using a powerpc a old iBook, it looks like a clam with a speed of a old pentium II i have installed ubuntu it works fine for me i could surf the net, check mails using email client, ssh our servers using terminal. expect for the modem i could not make it work. so far im enjoying linux on my iBook
On Apr 11, 2005 11:06 PM, Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:33:32PM +0800, smart penguin wrote: > > Hi there, this is in relation to the posting of :Linux on ECS Desknote > > A530:, which i was hoping you could give me some opinion. > > > > Can (Fedora or Mandriva) linux run on "ECS A530" or "Thinknote" laptop > > ? cause im planning to buy a laptop that can really handle linux. > > > > Any comment is highly appreciate. Thanks. > > This is neither a direct answer to your subject (Best Laptop for Linux) > or your questions above (Linux on ECS A530 / ThinkNote), but I thought > I'd mention that I've had an Asus L4500R for quite some time now and am > very happy with it. I am running Debian GNU/Linux Sid, dist-upgraded at > least once a month when I have time (with apt-listbugs to catch obvious > showstoppers, of course), with Linux kernel 2.6.11.6, and XFS on LVM2 on > a Western Digital WD800UE 80GB 5400RPM laptop hard drive that I bought > separately and had installed into my system free of charge at the ASUS > service center in Megamall. > > Some issues (and non-issues) that remain: > > 1. My WinModem still doesn't work. ALSA is supposed to support this, > already. It detects it, as evidenced by these kernel messages: > > ALSA device list: > #0: ATI IXP rev 0 with AD1980 at 0xfe700000, irq 5 > #1: ATI IXP Modem rev 1 at 0xfe800000, irq 5 > > I can also access it using minicom: > > ati1 > SmartLink Soft Modem, 2.9.9 > Smart Link Ltd. > OK > ati3 > hw:1 > alsa modem driver > OK > ati4 > s00=000 s01=000 s02=043 s03=013 s04=010 s05=008 s06=002 s07=045 > s08=002 s09=006 s10=007 s11=100 s12=050 s13=001 s14=000 s15=001 > s16=001 s17=000 s18=000 s19=000 s20=000 s21=000 s22=000 s23=000 > OK > > But I can't get a dialtone. Go figure. > > 2. Support for the Broadcom BCM4301 wireless network adapter is through > ndiswrappers and the Windows driver bcmwl5. Not optimal, but it has > worked very stably from the first day I got it up and running, so > honestly, I'm not complaining (unless I'm willing to actually put in > development time and write that open source driver myself, which I'm > not). > > 3. ASUS ACPI support doesn't work. When compiled in, it detects the > machine as an L4R, which is supposed to be supported. However, I can't > control the LEDs or access battery levels or anything. Plus, it prevents > Fn+F5 and Fn+F6 from controlling brightness (which works perfectly even > with ACPI enabled as long as ASUS ACPI isn't). I've never really had > time or motivation, since they're very minor, but it would be nice to be > able to control the LEDs in front, pol battery levels, and have volume > (through ALSA) controlled by Fn+F10, Fn+F11 and Fn+F12. > > Just some bits on the topic for anyone out there thinking of getting a > decent laptop to run GNU/Linux on. On a side note, I regret having > gotten this 15" model. For just a bit more, I could have gotten a 12" > model that would have been much lighter to carry around. I bought a > Samsonite laptop backpack that already provides pretty good weight > distribution, but it's still uncomfortable having to lug this thing > around for extended periods. > > My next purchase (not anytime soon, though) just has to be a much > lighter model. I don't need the CD writer all the time, so an external > drive will be fine, and as long as the resolution's good, I think I can > manage with a physically smaller LCD monitor. The ASUS S5N[1] looks > nice. The M5N[2], too, actually, but it's more expensive and has the > combo drive built in. And then of course, there's the PowerBook[3]. I'm > not sure about hardware support, but if Linus uses Mac hardware, it > shouldn't be that bad. > > [1] http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/s5series/s5200n/s5200n_overview.htm > [2] http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/m5series/m5200n/m5200n_overview.htm > [3] http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index12.html > > --> Jijo > > -- > Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free software > GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer to freedom, not price. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
