Hi Steve, On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Steve Litt<sl...@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 >> laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results: >> http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux). > > My Acer Aspire 5102WLMi runs Ubuntu 64 bit 9.04 very well. > >> In specific >> - how well all hardware goodies work in linux - power >> management/scaling, > > I never noticed, but I know the hard disk stops spinning and the screen goes > black after a few minutes. > >> wifi, > > Beautifully. Atheros is a thing of beauty. > >> bluetooth, card reader, > > I never use those so I can't say. > >> X > > Beautifully with one exception. It does NOT work with most video projectors in > X. Neither does my other Linux laptop. The fonts are very nice on the LCD > screen.
Can you give more details, this is a crucial feature... what doesn't work exactly? > >> , etc etc... > > Sound works very nicely. Flash specific sites work just fine. I haven't used > the > built in webcam. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
