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

2009-09-01 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, In contrast to many previous comments I;m gonna have to say that my HP Pavillion dv6000 has been running Squeeze with no serious problems whatsoever. However, we're talking about a laptop with an Intel 945 graphics card, which is something you're definitely not looking after. Jason On Thu

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

2009-08-27 Thread Sebastian Rose
Dell Latitude Laptops seem to work with current Linux Distributions out of the box (at least the Dell Latitude E6500, which even has GPS. I read this in the user comments on the DELL website). I bought a Lenovo T500 recently (1249 €). Everything works out of the box, except the internal UMTS-Mode

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

2009-08-26 Thread ewiget
® device from Cellular One -Original Message- From: "SAMUEL JOSE PEREIRA CARNEIRO MACDOWELL" Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:01:00 To: Alexander Kapshuk Cc: Subject: re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian) I have a HP Pavillon tx1420us. I wouldn't by HP

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

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