Boaz Rymland wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other
Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for linux word
in laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer
results:
On Friday, 4 בSeptember 2009 20:43:22 Diego Iastrubni wrote:
On יום ראשון 30 אוגוסט 2009 11:36:03 Oron Peled wrote:
I also make sure that the people who sell stuff will know *why* I
chose their hardware
While I do tend to agree with what you say... who are those people? Is it
the poor
Hi all,
So I made the move and bought it. Here are my findings:
*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to
the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of
the specs are the same.
*Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*
*
*Wifi:*
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:19 +0300, Boaz Rymland wrote:
WebCam: not working out of the box. Haven't really tried setting it up
yet.
From my limited experience, the gspca driver (for several Webcam models)
does not work nicely with NViDia proprietary drivers.
For my new desktop PC (which I
On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote:
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*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to
the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of
the specs are the same.
*Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*
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*X: *This
IMHO, that should be the standard practice for open source minded people
(and in general - non-commercial mindset people), even if not zealously
practiced.
Boaz.
Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote:
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*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a
Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote:
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*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to
the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of
the specs are the same.
*Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*
I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers
function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from
someone to test?
Of course the first part (Arduino IDE) can be downloaded for free and
tested.
IIRC Ubuntu 9.04 includes the FTDI driver already.
On יום ראשון 30 אוגוסט 2009 11:36:03 Oron Peled wrote:
I normally follow your original method -- put some effort *before* buying
to have an idea about good/problematic hardware. I also make sure
that the people who sell stuff will know *why* I chose their hardware
(because its vendor is
Michael Shiloh wrote:
I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers
function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from
someone to test?
Possibly I have one - I just need to know how it looks like to figure
that out :-)
What's that? This?:
Boaz Rymland wrote:
Michael Shiloh wrote:
I'd love to know if the Arduino IDE and FTDI USB serial port drivers
function properly. Do you have an Arduino, or can you borrow one from
someone to test?
Possibly I have one - I just need to know how it looks like to figure
that out :-)
What's
On Sunday, 30 בAugust 2009 07:52:18 Boaz Rymland wrote:
... or, go for sure on the Linux pre-installed ones.
Just a general warning (don't know if it applies to this specific model).
Many devices on the market with Linux pre-installed have some binary
components that make them worthless --
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:06:43 +0300, Oron Peled o...@actcom.co.il wrote:
On Sunday, 30 בAugust 2009 07:52:18 Boaz Rymland wrote:
... or, go for sure on the Linux pre-installed ones.
Just a general warning (don't know if it applies to this specific model).
Many devices on the market with Linux
On Sunday, 30 בAugust 2009 10:15:51 Boaz Rymland wrote:
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:06:43 +0300, Oron Peled o...@actcom.co.il wrote:
Just a general warning (don't know if it applies to this specific model).
Many devices on the market with Linux pre-installed have some binary
components that make
Boaz Rymland wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other
Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for linux word
in laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer
results:
Hi all,
Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other
Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for linux word in
laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results:
http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptopkeyword=linux). In specific
On Saturday 29 August 2009 16:52:49 Boaz Rymland wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other
Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for linux word in
laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results:
Hi Steve,
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Steve Littsl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Saturday 29 August 2009 16:52:49 Boaz Rymland wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other
Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for linux word in
Thanks for the input.
The Linux powered Acer laptop comes with Linpus as far as I can tell. I
see in Zap other Acers with Linux but searching the net I see my
targeted model powered with Linpus as well (In India, for example).
I still contemplate on whether to go with the Windows powered
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