On 8 July 2012 22:02, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 8 July 2012 21:51, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC >> >> Specialist [1]? I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2]. >> >> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80. >> >> >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops. >> >> >> > >> > I have the System 76 Lemur which is the PCSpecialist Xenon. It works out >> > of >> > the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that >> > allows >> > the control buttons to function correctly. >> >> Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the >> drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine? >> > > The control panel applet for 12.04 says just the brightness buttons (Fn F8 > and F9),
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the above. Can you clarify what you mean? Thanks Colin > which is actually very useful - the screen is very bright and can > be a drain on the battery. I believe that the drivers are open source but > are presented on the System 76 website as specifically for their models. > > s/ > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "TBA are particularly glib" > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
