Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 06/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Linux Emporium do quite a range of Lenovo's with Ubuntu ready > installed. I suppose when you rate the machines against the prices, > you find that for any given price you're getting less of a machine, > because the margin they charge for the installatio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

Yyyy! 3.8 kernel does have the module. I generally find the next version of Ubuntu solves probs with drivers for relatively new equipment. Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 06/02/13 13:37, Paula Graham wrote: I also buy from PCSpecialist, their laptops are a similar Clevo chassis to the Zoostorm but you get higher spec for lower price with the Zoostorm laptop. I just bought a PCSpecialist mini ITX since Zoostorm desktop boxes sound like low-flying aircraft. I bou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 23/01/13 15:57, Mark Fraser wrote: > On 18 January 2013 09:32, Simon Greenwood > wrote: > > > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" > wrote: > > > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > http://www.eb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 02/02/13 07:48, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Paula Graham > wrote: > > OK. Verbatim instructions plus chatty asides below cos it's Friday > and I'm about to > quit for the week wh!(etc) > Paula > > I can see and dig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 02/02/13 10:30, Barry Drake wrote: > On 01/02/13 19:28, Paula Graham wrote: >> So, less confusingly chatty recap: 1. find and download the driver 2. >> change to driver's folder in a terminal 3. sudo make 4. sudo >> make-install 5. sudo modprobe [module ID] Paula > > Paula Thanks for talk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 19:28, Paula Graham wrote: So, less confusingly chatty recap: 1. find and download the driver 2. change to driver's folder in a terminal 3. sudo make 4. sudo make-install 5. sudo modprobe [module ID] Paula Paula Thanks for talking this one through in such detail. I've saved

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Paula Graham wrote: > OK. Verbatim instructions plus chatty asides below cos it's Friday and I'm > about to > quit for the week wh! (etc) > Paula > > I can see and digest all this. But without actually doing it again right now, I'd like to ask for one more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 19:28, Paula Graham wrote: OK sorry - it sounds grim but it's really easy to compile it once you've managed to find the wretched driver in the first place. Verbatim instructions plus chatty asides below cos it's Friday and I'm about to quit for the week wh! (gallop, gallop,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 15:54, Paula Graham wrote: > I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy > folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a > brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy > with hardware). Will just tolerate mild inconve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 16:18, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 01/02/13 15:54, Paula Graham wrote: >> I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy >> folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a >> brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Paula Graham wrote: > I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy > folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a > brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy with > hardware). Will just tolera

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 15:54, Paula Graham wrote: I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy with hardware). Will just tolerate mild inconvenien

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 01/02/13 15:54, Paula Graham wrote: I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy with hardware). Will just tolerate mild inconvenience

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 31/01/13 20:30, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On 2013-01-31 18:46, Paula Graham wrote: >> I've got the i3 version of the Zoostorm laptop - 12.04 installed >> perfectly except wifi chip is a bit of a pain, needs to be hunted down, >> compiled and then recompiled every time the kernel upgrades - native

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 31 January 2013 20:30, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > An important thing to remember when buying laptops is that the wireless > chipset is usual a mini/micro/whatever PCI card and can be swapped out for > something with better support. When I run into a weird/Dell/Broadcom wifi > chipset with bad Lin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 2013-01-31 18:46, Paula Graham wrote: > I've got the i3 version of the Zoostorm laptop - 12.04 installed > perfectly except wifi chip is a bit of a pain, needs to be hunted down, > compiled and then recompiled every time the kernel upgrades - native > driver should be in kernel 3.8. The current

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Paula Graham wrote: > >>> On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > >>> http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > >>> > >>> > I've got the i3 version of the Zoostorm laptop - 12.04 installed > perfectly except wifi c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 19/01/13 10:21, Colin Law wrote: > On 19 January 2013 10:16, Mark Fraser wrote: >> On Friday 18 Jan 2013 09:32:35 Simon Greenwood wrote: >>> On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website >>> http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- >>> zoostorm-laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18 January 2013 09:32, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > > installing Ubuntu on. > > > > Som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 19/01/13 10:18, Mark Fraser wrote: I've used DKMS before, mainly for Nvidia drivers. It isn't that it scares me - I used Fedora before moving over to Ubuntu and that required the re- installation of graphics drivers every time the kernel changed - I just don't fancy having to remember to check

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

I have not had any great issues with Wifi on any of the laptops I've installed on... I suspect that the "find a laptop that Ubuntu will work on" is becoming less and less of a factor these days, as not only does wireless hardware become more generic but the OS continues to support more and more. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 19 January 2013 10:16, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Friday 18 Jan 2013 09:32:35 Simon Greenwood wrote: >> On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: >> > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website >> >> http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- >> >> > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it woul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On Friday 18 Jan 2013 12:25:16 Alan Pope wrote: > On 18/01/13 02:36, Rob Beard wrote: > > I was under the impression that you can configure things like drivers to > > re-compile when a kernel changes, not that I know exactly how to > > configure it to do so (is it something to do with DKMS?). > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On Friday 18 Jan 2013 09:32:35 Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > > http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > > > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > > installing Ubuntu on. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18 January 2013 07:58, Mark Fraser wrote: > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > installing Ubuntu on. > > Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18/01/13 02:36, Rob Beard wrote: I was under the impression that you can configure things like drivers to re-compile when a kernel changes, not that I know exactly how to configure it to do so (is it something to do with DKMS?). Yes, DKMS does that. However sometimes (not often) the upstre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18/01/13 09:32, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" mailto:mfraz74%2bubu...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > installing Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18/01/13 07:58, Mark Fraser wrote: Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for installing Ubuntu on. Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there are instructio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18 January 2013 09:32, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: >> >> Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website >> http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- >> zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for >> installing Ubuntu on. >> >> Some of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > installing Ubuntu on. > > Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there