Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28-09-07 11:23 AM, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: Hi All, I am looking for a laptop and the reason I am mailing it to list is - ease of Linux installation. With my budget in mind I have many options, but after buying it I don't want to bang my head installing Linux. Any distro is fine with me although I am comfortable only with Fedora (as I primarily work on RHEL). In my experience i have found that normally HP/Compaq laptops are the best bet with Linux compatibility. If you dont have a specific brand/model in mind then you should get an HP. For more sepcific models you can check out www.tuxmobil.org cheers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHAyz6bR7mO5apBYARAucDAKDfimR+5aaj3XY8JkCPAyJvgGImkQCg9g1d sVqX4TcMNL8Mm8t/VXWALf4= =JN0s -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
On 10/1/07, Puneet Lakhina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case you are buying from US, Dell ships some of its laptops with Ubuntu like 1420N, so as far as installation goes, that will be the easiest :-) http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uscs=19kc=6V440l=enoc=DNCWJL1s=dhssm=2 Puneet, As I mentioned in my initial mail, this configuration has got 14.1 screen and I want 15.4 . So, i'll have to compromise on screen size. I guess, I am being too demanding ... sasta, sundar (badhiya), tikaau ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
hi ! you can go for dell inspiron 6400..i think you may get what you need. -- Regards Subhodip Biswas GPG key : FAEA34AB Server : pgp.mit.edu http://subhodipbiswas.wordpress.com http:/www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SubhodipBiswas ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
On 9/28/07, आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ,--[ On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:23:40AM +0530, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: | Hi All, Hi, | I am looking for a laptop and the reason I am mailing it to list is - ease | of Linux installation. | With my budget in mind I have many options, but after buying it I don't want | to bang my head installing Linux. Check out following laptop: HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion Dv9420us Notebook - USD 1022 http://computers.pricegrabber.com/laptop/m/39415006/details/ The specifications are quite cool, but... hardware is not much supported on Linux, (Broadcom WiFi, nVidia Graphics, ;-)), though I'm not sure. Ashish Shukla - -- Ashish Shukla Wah Java !! आशीष शुक्ल Thanks Ashish, As I mentioned in my mail, the reason I mailed to list is, I am looking for a laptop where installing linux distro is easy (if not very easy :-) ). On 9/28/07, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At freed.in there is great deals being offered for laptops. Come and check out. Sudev, Thanks but I am in Bangalore and will not be possible for me to be present in Delhi during Freed.in :-( Also, I feel that buying the Laptop in US will be much cheaper than buying it here (will be happy to be proved wrong). Everybody, Will appreciate any further suggestion or recommendation. Regards Vikas ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
On 10/1/07, Vikas Upadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/28/07, आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ,--[ On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:23:40AM +0530, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: | Hi All, Hi, | I am looking for a laptop and the reason I am mailing it to list is - ease | of Linux installation. | With my budget in mind I have many options, but after buying it I don't want | to bang my head installing Linux. Check out following laptop: HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion Dv9420us Notebook - USD 1022 http://computers.pricegrabber.com/laptop/m/39415006/details/ The specifications are quite cool, but... hardware is not much supported on Linux, (Broadcom WiFi, nVidia Graphics, ;-)), though I'm not sure. Ashish Shukla - -- Ashish Shukla Wah Java !! आशीष शुक्ल Thanks Ashish, As I mentioned in my mail, the reason I mailed to list is, I am looking for a laptop where installing linux distro is easy (if not very easy :-) ). In case you are buying from US, Dell ships some of its laptops with Ubuntu like 1420N, so as far as installation goes, that will be the easiest :-) http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uscs=19kc=6V440l=enoc=DNCWJL1s=dhssm=2 On 9/28/07, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At freed.in there is great deals being offered for laptops. Come and check out. Sudev, Thanks but I am in Bangalore and will not be possible for me to be present in Delhi during Freed.in :-( Also, I feel that buying the Laptop in US will be much cheaper than buying it here (will be happy to be proved wrong). Everybody, Will appreciate any further suggestion or recommendation. Regards Vikas ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- Puneet ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
On 28/09/2007, Vikas Upadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am looking for a laptop and the reason I am mailing it to list is - ease of Linux installation. At freed.in there is great deals being offered for laptops. Come and check out. -- Regards, Sudev Barar See you at 'Freed.in - freedom in technology software' - India's leading free and open source community event. 28- 29 September 2007, New Delhi. Entry free, on first come basis. Register at http://Freed.in ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Looking for a laptop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ,--[ On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:23:40AM +0530, Vikas Upadhyay wrote: | Hi All, Hi, | I am looking for a laptop and the reason I am mailing it to list is - ease | of Linux installation. | With my budget in mind I have many options, but after buying it I don't want | to bang my head installing Linux. Check out following laptop: HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion Dv9420us Notebook - USD 1022 http://computers.pricegrabber.com/laptop/m/39415006/details/ The specifications are quite cool, but... hardware is not much supported on Linux, (Broadcom WiFi, nVidia Graphics, ;-)), though I'm not sure. Ashish Shukla - -- Ashish Shukla Wah Java !! आशीष शुक्ल weblog: http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ,= ,-_-. =. | The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does | ((_/)o o(\_)) | not justify depriving the world in general of all or | `-'(. .)`-' | part of that creativity. | \_/ |- Richard M. Stallman | We've so many people in India, that we're able to route each network packet manually. - nobotz to wahjava Freed.in | Freedom in technology software | http://freed.in/register -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/StYHy+EEHYuXnQRAkKyAJ40+E/YZyJzrY4kMr8DNo6HNgrUTwCgjzve X07c/pn4808Bfc5Gb1XViyM= =vFAA -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
