[Gllug] Suitable Laptop for Ubuntu

[Iain Gray]

Been running Ubuntu 10/.4 on a HP Pavilion DV7 for 2 weeks and OS is
sweet - no hiccups at all so far

On 1 October 2010 13:58, Chris Bell <chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 01 Oct, j.roberts wrote:
>>
>
>> One reason I have started using K/Ubuntu on the desktop is that it
>> mostly just works. (I have had various issues with support of laptop
>> hardware bits under Debian, SuSE and Fedora, usually never fully resolved).
>>
>> Currently no issues and full support of hardware on:
>>
>> - 3 yr old Sony Vaio
>> - 2 year old Toshibas various models
>> - 2 year old Dell Inpirons
>> - 18 month old Acers (various)
>> - new ASUS (various netbooks and laptops)
>>
>> However on new hardware I'd want to see it all working first.
>
>
>   There was a deliberate decision not to distribute some non-free drivers
> with other kernel modules. Debian are testing a system where you can import
> "contributed" or "non-free" drivers from those distributions, or from an
> external device such as a USB stick, if not available from their "main"
> distribution. I have an HP laptop which requires a non-free wireless driver,
> although it can connect using ethernet for installation and to find the
> correct driver.
>
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> Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house.
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