RE: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Devon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 May 2007 02:13 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring > > I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. > > I'm currently

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 08:12 -0400, Devon Miller wrote: > Does anyone know of a bootable CD intended for testing laptop (or > desktop) functionality? > > I'm hoping someone out there has built something on top of Knoppix or > Gentoo's LiveCD that will examine the hardware and report what's good >

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 May 2007 08:12:35 -0400 "Devon Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. > > I'm currently running on an HP Pavilion ze1000 with an upgraded disk. > It mostly works, but the VIA graphics c

Re: [gentoo-user] shopping for a laptop - tools to bring

2007-05-16 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Devon Miller wrote: > I am in the process of shopping for a new linux laptop. > > I'm currently running on an HP Pavilion ze1000 with an upgraded > disk. It mostly works, but the VIA graphics chips means no > compositing, no beryl, and anything OpenGL is slow. If OpenGL acceleration is a must, yo