[GRLUG] Best hardware for Linux

[Bob Kline]

Did that.  Never could get Ubuntu
wireless going on it, but Puppy works
like a champ.  Good enough, since
it's a tiny screen, and just for traveling.

But I would like to see it work on Ubuntu.

An HP Asprion - a6000 - has sound
troubles with Kubuntu 10.04.  The
sound is flakey, and I have to use
alsa now and then.

An HP Pavilion works like a champ on
Kubuntu 9.04.  Everything works.  So
that one I'll just leave alone - "if it ain't
broke, don't fix it."

    -- Bob


On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:

> If hardware compatibility is your biggest worry, then go with someone
> that installs and selects Linux-compatible components.
> http://www.system76.com/
>
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Linux Journal points out that
> > some hardware works better
> > with Linux than others, and that
> > laptops in particular have the
> > most problems.  The solution,
> > if there is one, is a little to a
> > lot of tweaking, which often turns
> > off newbies big time if it is their
> > first foray in to Linux, and they
> > hit a particularly temperamental
> > platform.
> > That said, what would people here
> > suggest as the best Desktops and
> > Laptops for Linux.  There are so
> > many combinations and types of
> > peripherals that this is a somewhat
> > vague question.  But in terms of
> > out of the box works well with Linux,
> > what brands and models would
> > people here suggest?
> > Sadly, some of this come from the
> > driver situation, where M$ is in the
> > cat bird seat.
> >    -- Bob
> >
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