[opensuse] new laptop?
Hi everyone, It has been some time since I have been on this list, as things have been very busy with life lately. I was just looking over some of the recent postings and I am glad to see that everyone is still working hard at helping each other. I am coming to a new point in life in which I need to buy a new laptop. And I am committed to staying with openSUSE, so I just wanted to throw a quick email out there and see if any red flags pop up for anyone. The laptop I want to buy is the ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71 Notebook. It has the following specifications: Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i7-4710HQ Haswell Processor Speed: 2.5GHz (Turbo up to 3.5GHz) Memory: 16 GB System Memory (DDR3L) Video Graphics: NVIDIA GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 Hard Drive: 1TB 7200 RPM Optical Drive: DVD±RW/CD-RW Display: 15.6" FHD (1920*1080), matte Webcam: HD Camera Network Card: Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Ethernet Wireless Option: 802.11AGN Bluetooth: 4.0 Card Reader: SD, MMC, MS Audio: ROG AudioWizard Keyboard: Illuminated Chiclet Interface: 3*USB 3.0 ports 1x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack 1x LAN RJ-45 1 x HDMI 1 x mini Display Port I am just wondering, does anyone know if there might be a problem with setting up dual boot and opensuse 13.2, or a problem with the nvidia driver, the network card, or the audio when I install opensuse on the machine? I did find that the nvidia driver available for download from nvidia does support this card, but I was wondering if anyone has some experience with this driver. I couldn't find anything more specific on the network card other than that it is "integrated", which I assume means it comes as part of the motherboard. Is that right? Once before, a few years ago, I bought a laptop that the network card just wouldn't work well with opensuse. It worked fine in windows, but not in opensuse. So I was stuck with it for about 2 years until I finally sold the laptop and got a different one. So that is kind of the main thing I am thinking about, and if anyone has some experience with this laptop it would be great. also BTW, I am not a gamer, even though this is a gaming laptop. I am looking at this because of the performance specs. Any thoughts or advice? I would appreciate it. George Olson Current setup: Box #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | 8GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, Graphic card is indeed the main problem here. It is a Nvidia + Intel Core integrated Video -> it is named "Optimus". You can get it running with linux, but not as smooth as with windows. About Optimus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Optimus -> there is a chapter about Linux support. I use a older Laptop that has a bios switch to turn off Optimus, which helps to avoid problems, but drains battery. There is also sometimes a problem using multiple monitors and bumblebee. On 01/30/2015 11:23 PM, George Olson wrote:
Hi everyone,
It has been some time since I have been on this list, as things have been very busy with life lately. I was just looking over some of the recent postings and I am glad to see that everyone is still working hard at helping each other.
I am coming to a new point in life in which I need to buy a new laptop. And I am committed to staying with openSUSE, so I just wanted to throw a quick email out there and see if any red flags pop up for anyone.
The laptop I want to buy is the ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71 Notebook.
It has the following specifications:
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i7-4710HQ Haswell Processor Speed: 2.5GHz (Turbo up to 3.5GHz) Memory: 16 GB System Memory (DDR3L) Video Graphics: NVIDIA GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 Hard Drive: 1TB 7200 RPM Optical Drive: DVD±RW/CD-RW Display: 15.6" FHD (1920*1080), matte Webcam: HD Camera Network Card: Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Ethernet Wireless Option: 802.11AGN Bluetooth: 4.0 Card Reader: SD, MMC, MS Audio: ROG AudioWizard Keyboard: Illuminated Chiclet Interface: 3*USB 3.0 ports 1x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack 1x LAN RJ-45 1 x HDMI 1 x mini Display Port
I am just wondering, does anyone know if there might be a problem with setting up dual boot and opensuse 13.2, or a problem with the nvidia driver, the network card, or the audio when I install opensuse on the machine?
I did find that the nvidia driver available for download from nvidia does support this card, but I was wondering if anyone has some experience with this driver. I couldn't find anything more specific on the network card other than that it is "integrated", which I assume means it comes as part of the motherboard. Is that right?
Once before, a few years ago, I bought a laptop that the network card just wouldn't work well with opensuse. It worked fine in windows, but not in opensuse. So I was stuck with it for about 2 years until I finally sold the laptop and got a different one. So that is kind of the main thing I am thinking about, and if anyone has some experience with this laptop it would be great.
also BTW, I am not a gamer, even though this is a gaming laptop. I am looking at this because of the performance specs.
Any thoughts or advice? I would appreciate it.
George Olson
Current setup: Box #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | 8GB
On 01/30/2015 04:23 PM, George Olson wrote:
Hi everyone,
It has been some time since I have been on this list, as things have been very busy with life lately. I was just looking over some of the recent postings and I am glad to see that everyone is still working hard at helping each other.
I am coming to a new point in life in which I need to buy a new laptop. And I am committed to staying with openSUSE, so I just wanted to throw a quick email out there and see if any red flags pop up for anyone.
The laptop I want to buy is the ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71 Notebook.
As with anything. It's mostly a matter of personal preference. But, I prefer AMD processors to Intel. It seems that as a general rule the AMD stuff just seems to work without issues [ at least for me ]. Now, I'm sure someone will come back with a reply that I'm all wet. And that's their privilege. -- “Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” - Joan Rivers _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/30/2015 06:32 PM, Billie Walsh wrote:
On 01/30/2015 04:23 PM, George Olson wrote:
As with anything. It's mostly a matter of personal preference. But, I prefer AMD processors to Intel. It seems that as a general rule the AMD stuff just seems to work without issues [ at least for me ]. Now, I'm sure someone will come back with a reply that I'm all wet. And that's their privilege.
Excellent, thank you guys for the response and advice. That helps me to know how to proceed. George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/31/2015 09:29 AM, George Olson wrote:
On 01/30/2015 06:32 PM, Billie Walsh wrote:
On 01/30/2015 04:23 PM, George Olson wrote:
As with anything. It's mostly a matter of personal preference. But, I prefer AMD processors to Intel. It seems that as a general rule the AMD stuff just seems to work without issues [ at least for me ]. Now, I'm sure someone will come back with a reply that I'm all wet. And that's their privilege.
Excellent, thank you guys for the response and advice. That helps me to know how to proceed.
George
FWIW, I brought Levono's with Elantech touchpads that never work correctly. Under GNU/Linux, and opensuse, the left mouse click fails to function. Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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