Hi,
I wanted no worries so I bought a SUSE certified laptop
from TransTec. Later it appeared it had SATA i.s.o. IDE
and that was not certified (and didn't work correctly,
once in a while everything freezed). TransTec currently
has no working laptop for Linux, they will be in a while
but I can't wa
Hi
I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor. Both are SuSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 certified, according to HP.
Anybody experience with one of those laptops?
yes, with "older" models, and well all the stuff I wanted to use were
w
Onsdag 28 marts 2007 12:00 skrev Gaël Lams:
> Hi
>
> > I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
> > intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor. Both are SuSE
> > Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 certified, according to HP.
> >
> > Anybody experience with one of those laptops?
>
> yes,
Am Mittwoch, den 28.03.2007, 12:00 +0200 schrieb Gaël Lams:
> Hi
>
> > I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
> > intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor. Both are SuSE
> > Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 certified, according to HP.
> >
> > Anybody experience with one of those l
On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted no worries so I bought a SUSE certified laptop
> from TransTec. Later it appeared it had SATA i.s.o. IDE
> and that was not certified (and didn't work correctly,
> once in a while everything freezed). TransTec currently
> has no
On Wed, March 28, 2007 10:46, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
> I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
> intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor.
The 6325 has the buggiest ACPI you're likely to encounter - it has exactly
the same bugs as the 6125. There are several ACPI bugs that do
Onsdag 28 marts 2007 12:32 skrev Hans du Plooy:
> On Wed, March 28, 2007 10:46, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
> > I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
> > intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor.
>
> The 6325 has the buggiest ACPI you're likely to encounter - it has exactly
> the
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 11:46 +0200, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted no worries so I bought a SUSE certified laptop
> from TransTec. Later it appeared it had SATA i.s.o. IDE
> and that was not certified (and didn't work correctly,
> once in a while everything freezed). TransTec currently
>
On Wed, March 28, 2007 11:39, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> Onsdag 28 marts 2007 12:32 skrev Hans du Plooy:
>> The 6325 has the buggiest ACPI you're likely to encounter - it has
>> exactly
>> the same bugs as the 6125. There are several ACPI bugs that don't yet
>> have kernel workarounds.
>>
>> Don't
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 12:16 +0200, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've got
> one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
I have a similar experience with TP X-40 works great I was running 10
10.1 and 10
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 12:16 +0200, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
>
> > I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've
> > got
> > one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
>
> I have a similar
> > I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with
> > intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor. Both are SuSE
> > Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 certified, according to HP.
> > Anybody experience with one of those laptops?
> yes, with "older" models, and well all the stuff I wanted to u
> I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've got
> one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
> My second laptop works just as fine with SuSE10.2, it's a DELL Precision/M90
> (!!), it's not a machine I would recommend though, it looks a
> > I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've
> > got
> > one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
> I have a similar experience with TP X-40 works great I was running 10
> 10.1 and 10.2. All the buttons work. Wireless works in wpa.
> > Don't buy this! My experience with HP notebooks over the last three years
> > (even in Windows) with clients has been consistently bad enough that I
> > feel I need to tell people to avoid it. Rather get an Acer - they cost
> > about the same and seem to be far better quality hardware and mor
--- Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've
> > > got
> > > one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
> > I have a similar experience with TP X-40 works great I was running 10
>
I am using a ThinkPad R60 at work and it was a real pain with 10.1
despite the fact it is certified for the enterprise desktop it was
just a huge pain, until I switched distributions.
As far as recommendations here is my .2 cents take everything you hear
here into account and go and buy what you
BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
--- Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've got
one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with SuSE10.2.
I have a similar experience with TP X-40 works great I was
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 06:43, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 12:16 +0200, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> > I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line. I've
> > got one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine with
> > SuSE10.2.
>
> I have a s
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Personally, I'd never by a Dell to use with Linux. I've seen components
> change even within the same model#, you never really know what you are
> ordering.
I would not recommend Dell's laptops in general. My experience with
them is that the construction is shoddy a
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 08:06, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> --- Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I've good experience with IBM ThinkPads, in particular the R50 line.
> > > > I've got one with 1G RAM and a 1400x1050 screen. Works really fine
> > > > with SuSE10.2.
> > >
> > > I ha
If you really need a laptop with everything ready to go in linux another
approach is to get it from
http://www.emperorlinux.com/
Those guys do a great job. They have a very well written manual that if
you are new to linux will save hours of work. They have a good support.
So if you get a Lenovo
David Brodbeck wrote:
> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>
>> Personally, I'd never by a Dell to use with Linux. I've seen components
>> change even within the same model#, you never really know what you are
>> ordering.
>>
>
> I would not recommend Dell's laptops in general. My experience wit
--- Teruel de Campo MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you really need a laptop with everything ready to go in linux another
> approach is to get it from
> http://www.emperorlinux.com/
> Those guys do a great job. They have a very well written manual that if
> you are new to linux will save ho
BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
--- Teruel de Campo MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you really need a laptop with everything ready to go in linux another
approach is to get it from
http://www.emperorlinux.com/
Those guys do a great job. They have a very well written manual that if
you are new to li
--- James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > --- Teruel de Campo MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> If you really need a laptop with everything ready to go in linux another
> >> approach is to get it from
> >> http://www.emperorlinux.com/
> >> Those guys do
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:04, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> I have even triead a fully hardware Zonet PCMCIA modem
> with various distros on my Thinkpad T-41 and can not
> get it to work.
What is the chipset in the T41? I have always been able to get the modem in
my TP X30 to work. It's probably
On Thu, March 29, 2007 15:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> From the 'Dell' article:
>
> For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> proprietary drivers
> available, Dell will be encouraging users to substitute a hardware-based
> modem. "However, we can't
> substitute hardwa
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> proprietary drivers available, Dell will be encouraging users to substitute
> a hardware-based modem. "However, we can't substitute hardware-based modems
> in our noteb
Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Thu, March 29, 2007 15:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
From the 'Dell' article:
For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
proprietary drivers
available, Dell will be encouraging users to substitute a hardware-based
modem. "However, we can't
sub
--- Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> > proprietary drivers available, Dell will be encouraging users to substitute
> > a hardware-based modem. "However,
On Thu, March 29, 2007 16:48, James Knott wrote:
> My ThinkPad R31 had a modem on a daughter board, shared with WiFi. It
> was a software modem that was supported in later versions of SUSE and
> worked well. Unfortunately, I lost that modem, when I upgraded the
> WiFi. However, there are single
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:32:03 +0100 (BST)
"Hans du Plooy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The 6325 has the buggiest ACPI you're likely to encounter - it has exactly
> the same bugs as the 6125. There are several ACPI bugs that don't yet
> have kernel workarounds.
>
> Don't buy this! My experience w
We, at the BLU, run Linux installfests every quarter, and the one brand
of laptop that tends to be the easiest to install is the
Lenovo Thinkpad. While I've had very good luck with HP laptops, I know
that many people have had trouble. In contrast, just about every Dell
we've encountered has had som
Hi,
I have had wonderful luck with an acer aspire 5100 series using 10.2, among
others. Everything works great from first boot, except the atheros wireless
which is cured by downloading madwifi. nice machine 1 gig of ram, 100 gb hd,
2.0 turion 64, 600 at circuit city.
> --
> To unsubscribe,
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:21, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:04, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > I have even triead a fully hardware Zonet PCMCIA modem
> > with various distros on my Thinkpad T-41 and can not
> > get it to work.
>
> What is the chipset in the T41? I have always
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:24, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> > proprietary drivers available, Dell will be encouraging users to
> > substitute a hardware-based modem. "Ho
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:48, James Knott wrote:
> Hans du Plooy wrote:
> > On Thu, March 29, 2007 15:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> >> From the 'Dell' article:
> >>
> >> For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> >> proprietary drivers
> >> available, Dell will be en
On Thursday 29 March 2007 11:46, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Thu, March 29, 2007 16:48, James Knott wrote:
> > My ThinkPad R31 had a modem on a daughter board, shared with WiFi. It
> > was a software modem that was supported in later versions of SUSE and
> > worked well. Unfortunately, I lost that
On Thursday 29 March 2007 12:31, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:32:03 +0100 (BST)
>
> "Hans du Plooy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The 6325 has the buggiest ACPI you're likely to encounter - it has
> > exactly the same bugs as the 6125. There are several ACPI bugs that
> > don't y
On Thursday 29 March 2007 09:04, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> --- Teruel de Campo MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you really need a laptop with everything ready to go in linux another
> > approach is to get it from
> > http://www.emperorlinux.com/
> > Those guys do a great job. They have a very well
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 20:33, David Brodbeck wrote:
> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > Personally, I'd never by a Dell to use with Linux. I've seen components
> > change even within the same model#, you never really know what you are
> > ordering.
>
> I would not recommend Dell's laptops in gen
On Thursday 29 March 2007 13:06, SOTL wrote:
> > Huh??? *Many* winmodems are supported in the Linux world.
> >
> > http://www.linmodems.org/
>
> If you want to have a modem in a Think[ad work with OpenSuSE you will have
> to buy a real modem and plug it into one of the slots.
>
> Or You could b
On Thursday 29 March 2007 13:15, SOTL wrote:
> Because SuSE has
> consistently refused to support the modem.
It's not SUSE's job to support the modem Search the archives for my post
of about a year ago in how I solved the Thinkpad modem problem. You have to
use one of the ALSA modem dri
BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> What PC Card modems are they talking about?
>
> AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC Card modem
> and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even says that it is
> compatible with Linux that have later kernals, but does not specify which
Jerry Feldman wrote:
> We, at the BLU, run Linux installfests every quarter, and the one brand
> of laptop that tends to be the easiest to install is the
> Lenovo Thinkpad.
I love Thinkpads. They're all I'll buy anymore. I do have occasional
hardware issues with them (I have yet to get suspend/r
David Brodbeck wrote:
> I do have occasional hardware issues with them (I have yet to get
> suspend/resume, or even automated shutdown, to work on my T22 since I
> installed SuSE 10.2)
That should say occasional hardware *support* issues...the hardware is
fine, but since the upgrade to 10.2 SuSE
On Thursday 29 March 2007 18:59, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 13:15, SOTL wrote:
> > Because SuSE has
> > consistently refused to support the modem.
>
> It's not SUSE's job to support the modem Search the archives for my
> post of about a year ago in how I solved the Thi
On Thursday 29 March 2007 19:05, David Brodbeck wrote:
> BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > What PC Card modems are they talking about?
> >
> > AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC Card
> > modem and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even says that
> > it is compat
On Thursday 29 March 2007 19:08, David Brodbeck wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > We, at the BLU, run Linux installfests every quarter, and the one brand
> > of laptop that tends to be the easiest to install is the
> > Lenovo Thinkpad.
>
> I love Thinkpads. They're all I'll buy anymore. I do have
SOTL wrote:
> All of this bull as you would call it plus the $1800 US is why I have not
> bought a new laptop to replace the one I dropped. I just do not care about
> fighting about why Linux is not compatible, or about working 2 to 3 months to
> make it compatible if the new laptop's modem is n
On Thursday 29 March 2007 14:42, SOTL wrote:
> Personally I think they are the best on the market but as IBM found out
> they are not Linux compatible because it cost to much to make them Linux
> hardware compatible for the volume of boxes they will initially sell. So
> what happens is that they ar
> > What PC Card modems are they talking about?
> > AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC Card modem
> > and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even says that it is
> > compatible with Linux that have later kernals, but does not specify which
> > kernal(s)
Alle 19:31, giovedì 29 marzo 2007, SOTL ha scritto:
> On Wednesday 28 March 2007 20:33, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > Personally, I'd never by a Dell to use with Linux. I've seen
> > > components change even within the same model#, you never really know
> > > what you
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, SOTL wrote:
Thanks for all your replies, this helps a lot.
> Best thing is get on the BB for the particular laptop and ascertain there
> what
> hardware will and will not work. The one for Thinkpads was posted in a
> previous posting today in this thread and since it is di
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
What PC Card modems are they talking about?
AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC Card modem
and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even says that it is
compatible with Linux that have later kernals, but does not specify which
k
--- James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> >>> What PC Card modems are they talking about?
> >>> AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC Card
> >>> modem
> >>> and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even says that it is
> >>>
On Friday 30 March 2007 12:24, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> Now I must decide if I want to install it on the hard drive as a
> permintate multi-boot opition. It is an older version of Mepis
> and I would like to use a more current version of Linux.
Do a 'lsmod | grep snd' command and look at what
James Knott wrote:
> While my cell phone includes such a "modem", it uses GPRS, which is an
> extra cost service.
That's definitely a concern. Although the way hotels keep jacking up
their phone charges it might be cheaper to pay for GPRS. ;)
It always amazes me that the more you pay for a hote
David Brodbeck wrote:
James Knott wrote:
While my cell phone includes such a "modem", it uses GPRS, which is an
extra cost service.
That's definitely a concern. Although the way hotels keep jacking up
their phone charges it might be cheaper to pay for GPRS. ;)
It always amazes me th
On Friday 30 March 2007, James Knott wrote:
> > Don't forget the most often overlooked solution - your cell phone. Most
> > cell pones can attach via a USB port, emulate a serial port, and support
> > the Hayes command set. Every cell phone I've had I've been able to make
> > a terminal call with
On Friday 30 March 2007 18:02, John Andersen wrote:
> We recently took a driving trip thru the south western US
> with nothing but google maps on a couple cell phones.
> No reservations, No fixed Destinations, no maps.
>
> Note this is not a pda I'm talking about, just a cell phone.
So what was yo
On Friday 30 March 2007, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Friday 30 March 2007 18:02, John Andersen wrote:
> > We recently took a driving trip thru the south western US
> > with nothing but google maps on a couple cell phones.
> > No reservations, No fixed Destinations, no maps.
> >
> > Note this is not
On Thursday 29 March 2007 10:22, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Thu, March 29, 2007 15:43, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > From the 'Dell' article:
> >
> > For cases such as WinModems, for which there are neither open source nor
> > proprietary drivers
> > available, Dell will be encouraging users to substitut
On Friday 30 March 2007 08:49, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, SOTL wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your replies, this helps a lot.
>
> > Best thing is get on the BB for the particular laptop and ascertain there
> > what hardware will and will not work. The one for Thinkpads was posted in
>
On Friday 30 March 2007 11:24, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> --- James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > >>> What PC Card modems are they talking about?
> > >>> AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC
> > >>> Card modem and can't get it to work.
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