Subject: Re: buying a laptop
From: Anthony Valentine (amv@akvalentine.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 17:44:09 AKST
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX250 that is running linux. For the most part
it works fine, but there are a few problems with it.
* USB doesn't work with Linux (at least I've not gotten it to work)
* The floppy drive is USB based, so it doesn't work
* It has a Win modem
* Power management doesn't work quite right in Linux.
Asside from those, it works rather well. The DVD/CDRW combo drive works
for both DVD movies and writing CD's (especialy nice since the floppy
doesn't work). I haven't tried the built-in firewire port, so I don't
know if it works or not.
Anthony
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:56, Peter Q. Olsson wrote:
>
> Hello all-
>
> I am thinking of buying a new laptop to replace an aging model. At work I have a
> Dell Inspiron 8000 dual boot setup. Great video and all that, but 1) a little
> heavy, and 2) it came with an onboard "win" modem that I have never been able to
> get to work. ( $#%^* win stuff!)
>
> Any suggestions out there on laptops that are easy to load linux onto and do not
> have "win" problems? I would like to hear from happy linux laptop owners.
>
> PQO
>
>
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