Did that. Never could get Ubuntu<div>wireless going on it, but Puppy works</div><div>like a champ. Good enough, since</div><div>it's a tiny screen, and just for traveling.</div><div><br></div><div>But I would like to see it work on Ubuntu.</div>
<div><br></div><div>An HP Asprion - a6000 - has sound </div><div>troubles with Kubuntu 10.04. The </div><div>sound is flakey, and I have to use</div><div>alsa now and then. </div><div><br></div><div>An HP Pavilion works like a champ on</div>
<div>Kubuntu 9.04. Everything works. So</div><div>that one I'll just leave alone - "if it ain't</div><div>broke, don't fix it."</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Ben Rousch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
If hardware compatibility is your biggest worry, then go with someone<br>
that installs and selects Linux-compatible components.<br>
<a href="http://www.system76.com/" target="_blank">http://www.system76.com/</a><br>
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On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Linux Journal points out that<br>
> some hardware works better<br>
> with Linux than others, and that<br>
> laptops in particular have the<br>
> most problems. The solution,<br>
> if there is one, is a little to a<br>
> lot of tweaking, which often turns<br>
> off newbies big time if it is their<br>
> first foray in to Linux, and they<br>
> hit a particularly temperamental<br>
> platform.<br>
> That said, what would people here<br>
> suggest as the best Desktops and<br>
> Laptops for Linux. There are so<br>
> many combinations and types of<br>
> peripherals that this is a somewhat<br>
> vague question. But in terms of<br>
> out of the box works well with Linux,<br>
> what brands and models would<br>
> people here suggest?<br>
> Sadly, some of this come from the<br>
> driver situation, where M$ is in the<br>
> cat bird seat.<br>
> -- Bob<br>
><br>
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