[GRLUG] laptops

[Luke McReynolds]

I'm running the same machine as Darth Linux - an HP dv8000
(technically a dv8110us - 17.4 inch widescreen, 1.25 GB RAM, Turion64
1.8 Ghz, 1440x900 resolution). Most things worked fine right out of
the box: I had to manually configure the wireless card (install
ndiswrapper) and the video card (ATI Radeon Xpress 200M - I followed
the instructions at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=321766
and it worked perfectly. Beryl is awesome.)

It's heavy, but it's a nice laptop, and even has a fullsize keyboard.
Kubuntu is very friendly with it. (I haven't been able to get the card
reader working, but S-Video out is fine.)

I'm running Ubuntu 6.10.

On 3/22/07, eah <darth_linux at ameritech.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 19:05:10 Nathan Drier wrote:
> > So my laptop died a horrible death in a cold parking lot today.  I was
> > wardriving on my way to my wireless security class,  and I took it out of
> > my car to wander up to class and didn't have a good hold on it.  **slip
> > fumble fumble smash**
> >
> > The screen is pretty busted up,  but everything else works ok ( i'm
> > actually still using it now)  Screens run about 250 bucks,  so my plan is
> > to just part it out on ebay and get something else.  I've been drooling
> > over some little dual-cores....but they are just a little out of my price
> > range.
> >
> > Now,  my linux-related question is this.  What laptops do you guys run?
> > Distros?  Any brands you hate / love?  Horror Stories?  How is linux
> > compatability?
> >
> > ~Nate
>
> I'm running Turion64 HP dv8000. Everything works except the built-in
> cardreader (which works sometimes when i modprobe tifm_sd) and the IR remote.
> Well of course the multimedia buttons don't either, but i guess i could
> configure them to work.
>
> eah
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