Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
Hi On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote: > I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO > Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible > with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware > (http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the > most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly > that this is true of all Distos. About a year or so back, some friends had pretty similar requirements - an about 25 K full featured laptop. After quite a bit of investigation and writing around we settled on the Lenovo B 450 Series (specs below) LENOVO NB B450-59029506 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/1 GB RAM DDR-II/160 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty Cost is 24,500 + 5% VAT (Prices as in March 2010) So to address your specs specifically yes > > So these are my requirements: > > 1. Budget of 25K. Yes > 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't > find one in budget. Yes > 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. Decent battery - 3-4 hours > 4. 3GB RAM atleast. 1 GB RAM (upgradeable) > 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. Yes > 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with an > Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. Pretty light - and since its a 14.1" inch screen > 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. 160 GB or for a price can be upgraded > 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. Have installed Ubuntu on it and it rocks - its been over a year since we got these laptops and as yet there are no issues The higher up version was LENOVO NB B450-59029513 14.1” Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.10 GHZ)/2 GB RAM DDR-II/320 GB HDD/Intel 5100 Agn (1*2)/ DVDRW Optical Drive /6cellbattery /Bluetooth/Camera/Dos/1 Year Warranty Cost is 27,000 +5% VAT However am sure that these specs and prices have changed but am aware that the B (and maybe G series) are still available. regards ram -- Ram _ http://www.munsiari.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Shubhrajyoti Mohapatra < shubhrajyoti.eng...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Narendra, > > I am using a BEETEL ZTE MF631 HSUPA 3G data card . It works well with > every 3G operators and also in 2G networks. I am using BSNL GPRS @99 -2GB > per month.Speed is fine so you can go for it. I am using ubuntu 10.10. The > software given with the datacard only works with windows ans MacOS but by > creating a new connection in ubuntu you still can use it. > *Regards,* > *Apu* > Use linux live free > Thanks, can you share the price of the Data Card. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote: > I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO > Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible > with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware ( > http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have > the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly > that this is true of all Distos. > > So these are my requirements: > > 1. Budget of 25K. > 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't > find one in budget. > 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. > 4. 3GB RAM atleast. > 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. > 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, *so if it comes with > an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it.* > 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. > 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. > Sorry that should have read, if it comes without the Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
Hello Narendra, I am using a BEETEL ZTE MF631 HSUPA 3G data card . It works well with every 3G operators and also in 2G networks. I am using BSNL GPRS @99 -2GB per month.Speed is fine so you can go for it. I am using ubuntu 10.10. The software given with the datacard only works with windows ans MacOS but by creating a new connection in ubuntu you still can use it. *Regards,* *Apu* Use linux live free On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote: > I am looking at buying an OPEN (i.e not operator locked) USB Data Dongle, > either in CDMA EVDO (Reliance/Tata Photon kind) or 3G (Airtel/BSNL/Tata > Docomo kind etc). At the moment I am not looking at any specific operator in > particular. So any advice on who is cheaper for limited use (about > 2GB/month) > > Was looking at the Micromax site and find a few there. But some of them say > Limited support to MAC/Linux. Don't know what it means. I know that there > are a few others out there like ZTE/Huawei etc, but don't now if they sell > open dongles in the market and what extent is Linux supported. > > Any advice on the following: > 1. Does it make sense to buy an open unlocked device. I am not so much of a > network hopper. > 2. A cheap Open Data Dongle in either Technology that is known to work well > with Linux (Debian derived). (Cheaper vis-a-vis the locked device that the > Operator gives) > 3. Are there any that do both CDMA EVDO and 3G. > 4. Which operator to go by. I am in Hyderabad. > > > > > -- > Regards > > Narendra Diwate > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
Not paying for Windows would help to reduce cost. Lenovo does sell laptops with free DOS. But I see that Dell in India does not sell any such machine. So I would suggest Lenovo. Their website lists all products with price. You can make your choice according to your budget. PS: Technically you can get a refund on Windows with *any brand* by declining the Windows EULA that shows up and returning the discs. But Windows 7 EULA is tricky and states that you must comply with the Laptop Manufacturer's refund policy which in many cases is to return the whole laptop for a refund and not a partial refund for Windows 7 On 21 June 2011 09:46, Narendra Diwate wrote: > I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO > Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible > with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware ( > http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have > the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly > that this is true of all Distos. > > So these are my requirements: > > 1. Budget of 25K. > 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't > find one in budget. > 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. > 4. 3GB RAM atleast. > 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. > 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with > an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. > 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. > 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. > > Please advice if these are reasonable/outlandish expectations. Any specific > models/brands to look at. Any recent experiences that you went thru. Any > Deals out there etc. > -- > Regards > > Narendra Diwate > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- Rohit R Third Year Int MSc Student Dept of Physics IIT Kharagpur -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware ( http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly that this is true of all Distos. So these are my requirements: 1. Budget of 25K. 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't find one in budget. 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. 4. 3GB RAM atleast. 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. Please advice if these are reasonable/outlandish expectations. Any specific models/brands to look at. Any recent experiences that you went thru. Any Deals out there etc. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
I am looking at buying an OPEN (i.e not operator locked) USB Data Dongle, either in CDMA EVDO (Reliance/Tata Photon kind) or 3G (Airtel/BSNL/Tata Docomo kind etc). At the moment I am not looking at any specific operator in particular. So any advice on who is cheaper for limited use (about 2GB/month) Was looking at the Micromax site and find a few there. But some of them say Limited support to MAC/Linux. Don't know what it means. I know that there are a few others out there like ZTE/Huawei etc, but don't now if they sell open dongles in the market and what extent is Linux supported. Any advice on the following: 1. Does it make sense to buy an open unlocked device. I am not so much of a network hopper. 2. A cheap Open Data Dongle in either Technology that is known to work well with Linux (Debian derived). (Cheaper vis-a-vis the locked device that the Operator gives) 3. Are there any that do both CDMA EVDO and 3G. 4. Which operator to go by. I am in Hyderabad. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Bad sectors
If the HDD is make of Samsung or seagate, there is software for download for fixing the bad sector and restore to original factory settings from the manufacturers of HDD. It will work for windows and don't know whether it will work on linux 4 years back, i had problem and was restored to good condition. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Prakash Advani wrote: > ** > mkfs.ext4 -c > > The -c is the option for checking for bad blocks.. > > For partition use cfdisk /dev/sda (if /dev/sda is the drive you want to > partition. > > You can also use fdisk or gparted (graphics) > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Prakash > > On 06/17/2011 08:30 AM, Lalremlien Neitham wrote: > > There are some (18) bad sectors in my friends Asus EEE PC 1000HA. Windows > (XP) cannot be loaded, but Ubuntu can be. Is there any way to fix those bad > sectors? I have retrieved all the data, and entirely erased and used the > HDD. How do I partition the single partition (ext4)? Thanks. > > > -- > Prakash Advani | http://cityblogger.com > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Bad sectors
mkfs.ext4 -c The -c is the option for checking for bad blocks.. For partition use cfdisk /dev/sda (if /dev/sda is the drive you want to partition. You can also use fdisk or gparted (graphics) Hope this helps. Regards Prakash On 06/17/2011 08:30 AM, Lalremlien Neitham wrote: There are some (18) bad sectors in my friends Asus EEE PC 1000HA. Windows (XP) cannot be loaded, but Ubuntu can be. Is there any way to fix those bad sectors? I have retrieved all the data, and entirely erased and used the HDD. How do I partition the single partition (ext4)? Thanks. -- Prakash Advani | http://cityblogger.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
