knoppix and acer 5633wlmi cgf1012

2006-10-18 Thread Gerard Robin
Hello, A vendor (carrefour in France) accepts to try the CD live Knoppix on the laptop acer 5633wlmi cgf1012 (core 2 duo T5500) But when PMCIA is checked the boot failed. I can boot with the option "Knoppix no pcmcia" but I wonder which is the meaning of the crash. The price (899 euros) seems ch

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-18 Thread teefour
hi, Owen Heisler wrote: > I'd like to get a laptop, but don't know where I should look... > > It would be really great if it was fully supported by the Linux kernel yes, a thinkpad seems like a good idea for that > (maybe even video acceleration as well? Is there such a thing?), > without all t

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-18 Thread Yoanis Gil Delgado
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 06:56, Micha wrote: > While TP are well known for good battery performance and solid > hardware crafting (but Lenovo may level the niveau now, probably > even IBM would have been urged to do so), many people are looking > for a desktop replacement which mostly is on mai

Upgrading or replacing hardware units

2006-10-18 Thread Micha
> Next, I don't know if it is really possible with laptops, but one that > is friendly where hardware replacements are concerned. I think most vendors recommend their specific stuff, or maintain a certification list like Lenovo. It's just not the same as with PCs. There are parts which are rather

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-18 Thread Micha
While TP are well known for good battery performance and solid hardware crafting (but Lenovo may level the niveau now, probably even IBM would have been urged to do so), many people are looking for a desktop replacement which mostly is on main power and has good multimedia capabilities, and a w