Which laptop works with only open source drivers?
Hi, The title says it all: I'm looking for a development laptop with only open source drivers. Some requirements: - energy saving processor (speedstep...) - minimum resolution of 1400x..., 15.x" - Wireless NIC (54Mbit) - RS232 (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Bluetooth (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Firewire - USB 2.0 - minimum 1GB memory - minimum 80 GB HDD - DVD rewriter - 10/100/1000 Mbit ethernet - quality sound - SUSE 10.x support without binary modules Any recommendations/experiences? Thanks for your advice, Aschwin Marsman -- aschwin@marsman.org http://www.marsman.org
I'm happy with my sony vaio vgn-A197vp Jerry On Thursday 12 January 2006 11.40, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
Hi,
The title says it all:
I'm looking for a development laptop with only open source drivers.
Some requirements: - energy saving processor (speedstep...) - minimum resolution of 1400x..., 15.x" - Wireless NIC (54Mbit) - RS232 (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Bluetooth (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Firewire - USB 2.0 - minimum 1GB memory - minimum 80 GB HDD - DVD rewriter - 10/100/1000 Mbit ethernet - quality sound - SUSE 10.x support without binary modules
Any recommendations/experiences?
Thanks for your advice,
Aschwin Marsman
-- aschwin@marsman.org http://www.marsman.org
On Thursday 12 January 2006 02:48, Jerry Westrick wrote:
I'm happy with my sony vaio vgn-A197vp
Jerry
On Thursday 12 January 2006 11.40, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
Hi,
The title says it all:
I'm looking for a development laptop with only open source drivers.
Some requirements: - energy saving processor (speedstep...) - minimum resolution of 1400x..., 15.x" - Wireless NIC (54Mbit) - RS232 (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Bluetooth (without (USB) adapter if possible) - Firewire - USB 2.0 - minimum 1GB memory - minimum 80 GB HDD - DVD rewriter - 10/100/1000 Mbit ethernet - quality sound - SUSE 10.x support without binary modules
Any recommendations/experiences?
Thanks for your advice,
Aschwin Marsman
-- aschwin@marsman.org http://www.marsman.org
I'm happy with my Sony Vaio GRX 670 Jerome
On Thursday 12 January 2006 02:48, Jerry Westrick wrote:
I'm happy with my sony vaio vgn-A197vp
Jerry
On Thursday 12 January 2006 11.40, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
Hi,
The title says it all:
I'm looking for a development laptop with only open source drivers.
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Any recommendations/experiences?
Check Linuxcertified.com. you can get the things configured any way you
On Thursday 12 January 2006 4:41 pm, Susemail wrote: like.. *AND* they have real humans that will stay on the phone and walk you thru anything you don't know or don't understand. You can have the thing come w/ any distro you like.. -- j "You never know until you try It's hard to see which side your on Some people say your half way here Some people say your half way gone" song lyric
I am using a Dell Lattitude D610 and everything works out of the box including the wireless ipw2200 with SuSE 10.0. I had problems with CentOS, then switched to SuSE and now works great. -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work Cisco/Microsoft
On Thursday 12 January 2006 23.31, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
Check Linuxcertified.com. you can get the things configured any way you like.. *AND* they have real humans that will stay on the phone and walk you thru anything you don't know or don't understand. You can have the thing come w/ any distro you like..
Didn't know about them. <RAVE> But the laptop comes with the disk partitioned in 2. XP Pro on the first, the second 40g, completely empty. When boot from 10.0 DVD, you just tell it to blow away the second partition, (or if your more comfortable with windows do it there before booting). SUSE: Suse 10.0 goes on with out a single hitch. Every thing works as soon as SUSE installed. (Excepting the sony memory card, which don't work under linux at all). The laptop: my General Usability winner. Looks great. Got everything you'd expect. But the X-Black 17in LCD (resolution 1920x1200) was simply the best LCD on the market last year when I bought it. (And was correspondingly priced). Today the thing is advertised for 1299$ ( http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=5527485 ) This is THE laptop (screen) for general usability. (Best visibility, least eye-where, least head aches, most desktop space) I just don't see any reason for buying any other machine. As any choice, this machine is a compromise: - not the fastest. - not the lightest. - not the smallest. - not the longest baterie usage. - Best and largest LCD, At work I plug in my VAIO, and use it's screen rather than the dual LCD's provided for me. It's simply that good... </RAVE> Jerry
On 13/01/06, Jerry Westrick
On Thursday 12 January 2006 23.31, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
Check Linuxcertified.com. you can get the things configured any way you like.. *AND* they have real humans that will stay on the phone and walk you thru anything you don't know or don't understand. You can have the thing come w/ any distro you like..
SUSE: Suse 10.0 goes on with out a single hitch. Every thing works as soon as SUSE installed. (Excepting the sony memory card, which don't work under linux at all).
Sorry I wasn't sure who actually said this hence me not snipping more out of the headers. This memory card thing. Is this a general Linux does not read Sony memory cards or is it just in this particular laptops case? I ask because I can read my Sony Memory stick (yes, just the one) in a multi card reader hooked up to a USB port. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
On Friday 13 January 2006 13.06, Kevanf1 wrote:
(Excepting the sony memory card, which don't work under linux at all).
This memory card thing. Is this a general Linux does not read Sony memory cards or is it just in this particular laptops case? I ask because I can read my Sony Memory stick (yes, just the one) in a multi card reader hooked up to a USB port.
My father has a diferent VAIO, it worked there without a hitch. mine doesn't even after a major attempts to get it working. That is all I know... Jerry
Just for reference: I own a bunch of Thinkpads, starting with the old CS701 (the one with the butterfly keyboard, still runs today and is used by me as a network debugging and test system), over some intermediate models, up to a T21 and a T43 that I use currently. The T43 has no RS232, though, just parallel and USB. And no firewire either, AFAIK. The OP must first check what Laptop fulfills all his hardware wishes, and then look for the Linux support... All my Thinkpads work like a charm under Linux. Long battery life needs some configuration work, though. Ditto for suspend, that's sometimes a bitch to set up properly. Some use self-compiled kernels with Software Suspend 2 (http://www.suspend2.net/) and achieve very good results. http://www.thinkwiki.org/ has a good collection on information about Linux on Thinkpads. Incidentially, much of that information is also true for other notebooks. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany
--- Susemail
On Thursday 12 January 2006 02:48, Jerry Westrick wrote:
I'm happy with my sony vaio vgn-A197vp ...
I'm happy with my Sony Vaio GRX 670 Jerome
FWIW, the only Sony VAIO I owned had the worst build quality imaginable. Electronically ok (but it ran windoze, so who cares) but mechanically abysmal. Dry joint on the power connector became intermittent within about 6 months, case cracked in three places within 9 months, sound/modem board (internal, not PCMCIA) was intermittent in about 12 months. Other irritating little things, bits of plastic falling off, keytops loose, yuk. They might have had a bad batch, bad design (this was about 3 years ago) or any one of a number of excuses that would make their stuff alright by now, but I shall stick with other brands from here on in. (Oh, I'm currently running SuSE 9.3 on a Toshiba, something like an A85, not a high spec machine, so not helpful, but it's faultless, all the devices just work, and all the plastic is still where it was when it was made :) Cheers, Simon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
On Thursday 12 January 2006 23:48, Simon Roberts wrote: <snip>
Dry joint on the power connector became intermittent within about 6 months, case cracked in three places within 9 months, sound/modem board (internal, not PCMCIA) was intermittent in about 12 months. Other irritating little things, bits of plastic falling off, keytops loose, yuk. <snip>
That's what happens when you use them as lunch trays on airplanes, Simon. You're supposed to slip them under the seat when you're eating! :-) Carl
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