[Nottingham] query on new laptop

[James of the Family Moore]

Well... I've just installed OpenSuSE 11.1 on a Dell 
threw-it-together-out-of-spare-parts (OK the base is an Inspiron 8200 
with a processor upgrade from a 1.2GHz Celeron to a Mobile P4 at 1.9GHz 
but everything else is out of different machines!), things just 
mysteriously worked. I wasn't expecting the wireless (Intel Pro/2100 
3B/MIM2000 Centrino) to work out of the box, to be honest, and was 
pleasantly surprised to discover that in fact it does. Apart from 3D 
acceleration on the GF4 MX440 graphics which I hope to get running at 
some point (some help there maybe? Apparently the latest NVidia package 
doesn't support the chip...)



On 14/07/2010 10:37, Michael Simms wrote:
> My HP laptop worked first time installing Linux on it. Everything 
> 'just worked' including bluetooth, wifi, webcam, everything. I was 
> very pleasantly surprised. I'd always recommend their stuff at this 
> point.
>
> Michael Simms, CEO - Tux Games LTD
> http://www.tuxgames.com
>
> On 07/13/2010 09:03 PM, stripes wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I am planning to get a new 64-bit laptop (prefer NVDIA graphics) and
>> run ubuntu.  What makes would you suggest?   I prefer HP and Dell
>> (have an XPS 1330 running lucid lynx) and have had experience with
>> Acer (mixed) and Toshiba (not so good).
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> thanks
>> stripes
>>
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