On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC >> Specialist [1]? I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2]. >> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80. >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops. >> > > I have the System 76 Lemur which is the PCSpecialist Xenon. It works out of > the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that allows > the control buttons to function correctly.
Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine? Colin > > 12.04 has better power management than the originally installed 11.10 did. > The build is a bit plasticy but as a relatively cheap utility laptop that > you can design yourself, they're worth a look. > > s/ > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "TBA are particularly glib" > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
