| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 86432 | 2008-01-16 10:10:00 | Cheap Acer laptop with Linux | CYaBro (73) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 631025 | 2008-01-17 00:31:00 | :lol: :lol: Still dissing the Acers. www.pcauthority.com.au The Notebook Award can be considered one of the Blue Riband categories in the survey. Few other hardware items require such a hefty investment and require such a successful combination of components working together, good build quality and ultimately, reliability. We also measured what people complained about specifically with regards to Support. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 631026 | 2008-01-17 02:43:00 | Yep that's what I reckoned. But seeing that there is no hard drive - how does one put it in? Tom I think you looking at the Asus. The tiny laptop. No harddrive. We are discussing the Acer. Has an 80gb harddrive. You can install on that. |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 631027 | 2008-01-17 06:14:00 | For anyone out there looking to buy any laptop to run Linux on, do not get sucked in by tags such as "Linux capable" or "Linux ready". Research the hardware and pay particular attention to the wireless nic, the sound card and the video card. I have never come across a true Linux-capable laptop. The wireless nic in particular may have very poor Linux support, especially with the ndis wrapper. The driver may be unstable, immature, insecure and not feature-complete compared with the Windows version. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 631028 | 2008-01-17 06:43:00 | For anyone out there looking to buy any laptop to run Linux on, do not get sucked in by tags such as "Linux capable" or "Linux ready". Research the hardware and pay particular attention to the wireless nic, the sound card and the video card.Looks like it's been a while since you shopped for a Linux laptop - you can scratch the sound off that list. Almost every soundcard on the planet will work out of the box with no extra config needed. I have never come across a true Linux-capable laptop.Compaq Presario F551AU (aka F500 series). Every piece of hardware it posesses works perfectly. No third-party drivers were required other than the 3d ones for nVidia graphics. If you don't want 3d, you don't even need that. The wireless nic in particular may have very poor Linux support, especially with the ndis wrapper. The driver may be unstable, immature, insecure and not feature-complete compared with the Windows version.This is changing. As of kernel 2.6.22, there is a new wireless stack. As of kernel 2.6.24 there are very good native drivers for the Broadcom chipset, which is the one causing most of the grief. Note that you will need to download the runtime firmware from Broadcom for this to work, as the firmware isn't opensource and therefore can't be distributed with the kernel. Also not quite sure what you're on about with ndiswrapper - saying the ndiswrapper drivers are inferior to the Windows drivers means nothing, as it actually is the windows driver - ndiswrapper is just an abstraction layer that allows Linux to use Windows wifi drivers. It's a complete pain in the arse to configure though. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 631029 | 2008-01-17 08:33:00 | I think you looking at the Asus. The tiny laptop. No harddrive. We are discussing the Acer. Has an 80gb harddrive. You can install on that. I thought the Asus was the one we were all looking at. Its the one that took my fancy when I saw it advertised. But I do have my doubts about it. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 631030 | 2008-01-17 17:38:00 | I thought the Asus was the one we were all looking at. Its the one that took my fancy when I saw it advertised. But I do have my doubts about it. Tom Tom,as you are uncomfortable with Linux,along with 99% of the population,just get windows jobbie and be happy with the best. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 631031 | 2008-01-17 20:14:00 | Tom ,as you are uncomfortable with Linux,along with 99% of the population,just get windows jobbie and be happy with the best. Well actually I am not uncomfortable with Linux - its just that I have reached the age when I can be happy admitting I am lazy and incompetent. I just do not want the hassle of yet another operating system. I have used all the old ones from CPM through DOS and DrDos and all the Windows. I drew the line at moving on to Vista and Apple just had me completely lost - great for fun but I never was able to get Apple to do what I wanted in the CAD line. But my original query still hasn't been answered -if this little computer is XP compatible but only has a memory stick and no hard drive - how on earth do you get it to run Windows XP? Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 631032 | 2008-01-17 20:40:00 | Here is the definition of uncomfortable... its just that I have reached the age when I can be happy admitting I am lazy and incompetent. I just do not want the hassle of yet another operating system. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 631033 | 2008-01-18 01:07:00 | Seriously, check out the GUI for the EeePC online: honeypothack.com They call it the "Simple" interface for a reason.. You've used Firefox or Skype before? Okay, so, Pidgin IS a little different from the regular MSN, but in all the RIGHT ways :D I bought my Asus EeePC 4G and Ive been so happy with it ever since, like REALLY pleased with the portability, it just cant be beaten :D The hardware all works brilliantly, Wireless and everything, webcam is working in Skype... Personally Id avoid Acer, just personal experience, either that or get yourself a nice extended warranty for another $200 Thomas01: To install XP you re-format the onboard Solid-State Drive (SSD) during the installation. You boot off a USB-CD/DVD Drive :) The great thing about Linux is the majority of all software you'd ever want to use is available online, you click "Install Programs", type in the name of the program and hit "Install"! No messing around using CD's, running through installations / setups etc, it just does it all for ya ;) You'll find you dont generally miss having an optical drive, at least I never have1 :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 631034 | 2008-01-18 23:00:00 | This is great to see . It wasn't all that long ago that MS would get a cut even when Windows wasn't included as the OS on the pc . I wonder if DSE would put Linux on an Asus then (preloaded I mean)? |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 | |||||