[opensuse] Linux Notebook recommendations
Hello folks, I in a desperate need of a new notebook/laptop for the oncoming school year. On a whim I've purchased Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7016 It works somewhat . . . It has a slow 100MB only Realtek RTL8102E Ethernet controller and Realtek 8172 WiFi controller which I cannot make working, no matter what I did. Its ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphic controller is not performing in KDE4 as well as nVidia on my RIP old Sager laptop. No openGL support and dodgy scrolling and windows moving /resizing. I'm running open SUSE 11.2 on this new thing, which I'm going to return back to the store. Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a decent notebook with the following characteristics: 1. 15 - 17" Display 2. Turion II or less desirable Athlon II dual core CPU. Quad core is fine as long as it's AMD 3. 1 GB Ethernet controller 4. Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11b/g/n controller which is known to work with Linux without excessive headaches. 5. nVidia integrated graphic controller. In the worst case scenario I can live with ATI Radeon. 6. At least 4GB DDR3 RAM expandable up to 8GB. I don't want to have older and slower DDR2 RAM. 7. Preferably in black or other non-flashy matte colors. I don't like that bright and cheesy silverish goldish el'cheapo glossy colors. Thank you in advance for any hints or recommendations, Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 10:31 -0700, Alex wrote:
Hello folks, I in a desperate need of a new notebook/laptop for the oncoming school year. On a whim I've purchased Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7016 It works somewhat . . . It has a slow 100MB only Realtek RTL8102E Ethernet controller and Realtek 8172 WiFi controller which I cannot make working, no matter what I did. Its ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphic controller is not performing in KDE4 as well as nVidia on my RIP old Sager laptop. No openGL support and dodgy scrolling and windows moving /resizing. I'm running open SUSE 11.2 on this new thing, which I'm going to return back to the store. Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a decent notebook with the following characteristics:
I have an HP DV-3085DX - everything works perfectly, love this machine.
1. 15 - 17" Display
this is an 17.3" or 18.1" or something like that.
2. Turion II or less desirable Athlon II dual core CPU. Quad core is fine as long as it's AMD
This is an i7, but I believe that the same chassis & components are available in i4. Maybe they have an AMD version, don't know. I never buy anything but Intel.
3. 1 GB Ethernet controller
Yep.
4. Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11b/g/n controller which is known to work with Linux without excessive headaches.
Yep, works out of the box.
5. nVidia integrated graphic controller. In the worst case scenario I can live with ATI Radeon.
Yep.
6. At least 4GB DDR3 RAM expandable up to 8GB. I don't want to have older and slower DDR2 RAM.
Mine has 6GB, don't know what it expands up to.
7. Preferably in black or other non-flashy matte colors. I don't like that bright and cheesy silverish goldish el'cheapo glossy colors.
Black
Thank you in advance for any hints or recommendations,
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 19:31, Alex wrote:
1. 15 - 17" Display 2. Turion II or less desirable Athlon II dual core CPU. Quad core is fine as long as it's AMD 3. 1 GB Ethernet controller 4. Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11b/g/n controller which is known to work with Linux without excessive headaches. 5. nVidia integrated graphic controller. In the worst case scenario I can live with ATI Radeon. 6. At least 4GB DDR3 RAM expandable up to 8GB. I don't want to have older and slower DDR2 RAM. 7. Preferably in black or other non-flashy matte colors. I don't like that bright and cheesy silverish goldish el'cheapo glossy colors.
I bought a used Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 3910 for my girlfriend, and it works great with openSUSE 11.2. It's really an install and forget laptop... but it's rather big. It has a dual core T3400 64 bit CPU (2.16GHz), 18 inch display, 250GB hard drive, and 4GB Ram. Probably the only "issue" with the laptop is that it has an Intel GMA X4500HD video card. That's a problem if you want to do any gaming.. for normal desktop/office work... it's fine. Installing openSUSE is as easy as popping in the DVD and starting the install. You can take all defaults, and on the reboot everything will be set up and working. WiFi works with zero tweaking. Video is set up to the right resolution etc. It doesn't meet all your list items, but.. it's proof that there are good laptops out there that are well suited to run Linux. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 21.06.2010, Alex wrote:
Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a decent notebook with the following characteristics: [....]
Go for a Lenovo. They are Linux-friendly and reliable. I have installed and used quite a few of them, and they've never let me down.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Heinz Diehl <htd@fancy-poultry.org> wrote:
On 21.06.2010, Alex wrote:
Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a decent notebook with the following characteristics: [....]
Go for a Lenovo. They are Linux-friendly and reliable. I have installed and used quite a few of them, and they've never let me down..
Seconded! Lenovo laptops have always been my first choice for Linux laptops. If only they were made in the US :-( -- JAY VOLLMER Il n'y a aucune honte en étant un paria! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 19:54:50 schrieb Heinz Diehl:
Go for a Lenovo. They are Linux-friendly and reliable. I have installed and used quite a few of them, and they've never let me down.. Do they fully support suspend? I mean is all hardware fully functional after resuming from standby/hibernate? Is this also the case if i connect/disconnect the docking station during standby/hibernate?
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Stefan Quandt wrote:
Do they fully support suspend? I mean is all hardware fully functional after resuming from standby/hibernate? Is this also the case if i connect/disconnect the docking station during standby/hibernate?
If this is crucial for you, have a look at the Samsung P560 I have mine now since February and I'm very happy with it. At work it sits in a docking station, I suspend-to-ram, take it out, resume at home without DS, S2R again, put in DS at work, boot..... no trouble at all. Uptime at the moment is 35days.... Pit -- Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.astro.su.se/~pit Institute for Solar Physics Tel.: +34 922 405 590 (Spain) P.Suetterlin@royac.iac.es +46 8 5537 8507 (Sweden) Peter.Suetterlin@astro.su.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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