Daniel Dalton wrote:
Hi,
Following is a list of laptops. I've narrowed it down to 3 and am
considering buying one and running debian on it. How good is debian
support on these machines? What is good, what is worth avoiding?
I will be doing:
programming, typing, msn, irc, web, email, music, virtual machines etc.
Here is the list:
1. Acer travel mate 6293 AU$1799
2. hp Compaq 6530S AU$1279
3. hp Compaq 610 AU$999
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Dan
From my experience I will look only 2 things: ethernet/wifi card and
graphic card.
Graphic card only if you need 3D acceleration.
Ethernet/wifi is something that must works in any condition so try to
avoid any ethernet/wifi that doesn't have open source drivers. Broadcom
is good example for avoiding (I know i have one and I will probably
never again buy laptop with Broadcom).
So basicli look for ethernet/wifi card that is natural supported in Linux.
By,
Goran Dobosevic.
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