Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> Daniel Dalton wrote: >> I'm having great difficulty in finding a laptop suitable for my >> needs. I'm vision impaired and a student, so primarily will use the machine >> for >> school, and at home. >> >> Here is what I'm looking for: good debian linux support, including wifi, >> ethernet, sound

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/1/18 Daniel Dalton : > Hi all, > > I'm having great difficulty in finding a laptop suitable for my > needs. I'm vision impaired and a student, so primarily will use the machine > for > school, and at home. > > Here is what I'm looking for: good debian linux support, including wifi, > ethernet

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Thierry Chatelet
> Dan, you should definetely ask the computer retailers in your area > about Debian (or just mention Linux) support on the laptop. Even > though chances are slim that they will bother making a recomendation, > if we do not let them know that there exists a Debian / Linux market > then they will ne

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Krzysztof Walkiewicz
Thierry Chatelet wrote: Dan, you should definetely ask the computer retailers in your area about Debian (or just mention Linux) support on the laptop. Even though chances are slim that they will bother making a recomendation, if we do not let them know that there exists a Debian / Linux market th

force charching in squeeze

2010-01-18 Thread Flo
Hi, Does any one know how to trigger charging the notebook battery? apparently the policy with ac-adapter online is: "run down the battery, start charging only when it's under 10%" (10% being a guess). Maybe this is a feature for longer battery life, fine. but sometimes I want my battery charged

Re: force charching in squeeze

2010-01-18 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 18. 01. 2010 22:45:25 je Flo napisal(a): apparently the policy with ac-adapter online is: "run down the battery, start charging only when it's under 10%" (10% being a guess). If that's true, then the policy has changed from Lenny. In Lenny (with Gnome), the battery starts charging as s

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 07:25:56PM +0100, Krzysztof Walkiewicz wrote: > Maybe that link will be useful for you: > > http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/lenovo/toucan/ Thanks, had a quick read, looks handy. Dan signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 02:28:38PM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Agree to that. And in some countries where laptops are sold with Windows > product installed by default, many manufacturer will propose to move it away > and to give you some money back. Check that on the web site of the > manuf

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel Dalton
> Dan, you should definetely ask the computer retailers in your area > about Debian (or just mention Linux) support on the laptop. Even > though chances are slim that they will bother making a recomendation, > if we do not let them know that there exists a Debian / Linux market > then they will nev

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel Dalton
Yes, thanks for sharing. I'm going to increase my budget by $800, and get a Lenovo thinkpad X200. Anyone got one of these, what do you think of it? I found it on amazon for $1100, which I could probably get shipped out here to Australia by a third party, for under au$1300, in total costs. Howeve