Re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

2009-08-26 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:09:47 +0300 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: ... > Wi Fi: anything but Broadcom (i was told Broadcom Wi Fi has a lousy Linux > support, correct me if I'm wrong); It's really not that simple. Broadcom has apparently never released any specs, so the native linux drivers have to be

Re: debian squeeze on acer aspire one 751h

2009-08-26 Thread Andika Triwidada
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Pedro Bulach Gapski wrote: > Andika, > >> Would you mind trying this? >> $ xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native >> >> Also test other BACKLIGHT_CONTROL values from >> $ xrandr --prop >> if first command above failed. >> >> -- >> andika > > those are t

Re: K12 Broward Virtual School Information Sessions

2009-08-26 Thread Cavan Mejias
WTH? On 26/08/2009, Janet Aikele wrote: > > > Hello, > > As you may know Broward County School District has recently authorized a > partnership with K12 for a virtual school program in your county. September > 19th is the deadline to enroll in this program so we will be hosting a > series of inf

Re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

2009-08-26 Thread ewiget
I have owned 2 different HP laptops and both have worked flawlessly with linux. Both are well documented at http://www.edwiget.name. The newer one really requires a 2.6.29 or better kernel though for stability Ed Wiget P.s. Sorry for 2nd mail, forgot to add list to 1rst Sent from my BlackBerry®

re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

2009-08-26 Thread SAMUEL JOSE PEREIRA CARNEIRO MACDOWELL
I have a HP Pavillon tx1420us. I wouldn't by HP laptop anymore. I had a lot of problems and poor help. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jump id=reg_R1002_USEN mac > G'day, > > My name is Alexander Kapshuk. > > I am looking to purchase a Dell laptop

Re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

2009-08-26 Thread Fabricio Cannini
On Wednesday 26 August 2009 09:09:47 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > G'day, > > My name is Alexander Kapshuk. > > I am looking to purchase a Dell laptop with excellent Linux support (Debian > Lenny). > > Here are the specifications I am after: > > CPU = Inter Core 2 Duo; > > RAM = 3GB or 4GB; > > Graphi

K12 Broward Virtual School Information Sessions

2009-08-26 Thread Janet Aikele
Hello, As you may know Broward County School District has recently authorized a partnership with K12 for a virtual school program in your county. September 19th is the deadline to enroll in this program so we will be hosting a series of information sessions in your area. If your child was e

re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

2009-08-26 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
G'day, My name is Alexander Kapshuk. I am looking to purchase a Dell laptop with excellent Linux support (Debian Lenny). Here are the specifications I am after: CPU = Inter Core 2 Duo; RAM = 3GB or 4GB; Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce; Hard Drive = 250GB or 320GB; With a webcam; With a card

debian squeeze on acer aspire one 751h

2009-08-26 Thread Pedro Bulach Gapski
I am in the process of installing and configuring debian squeeze on the acer aspire one 751h (ao751h), with the famous intel GMA 500 (poulsbo) video chipset. I already have the system running, and I would like to share what has been done so far and ask for advice on the remaining issues. General s