linux friendly laptops

[Nicholas Battaglia]

Get a WidowPC :)

Sure it comes with Windows, but their customer service will help you install
Linux if thats what you want...

http://www.widowpc.com/


On 5/11/06, Duncan Lithgow <duncan at lithgow-schmidt.dk> wrote:
>
> Thanks all for their advice so far, to summarize:
> * Both ATI and Nvidia make linux drivers at various qualities. Nvidia
> give better performance. ATI have a large quality drop in their linux
> drivers compared to windows. Intel are just not that good.
> * Wifi is always tricky, look it up.
> * HP, Lenovo/IBM and other minor players have been cooperative with
> linux. Both resell linux for servers.
>
> My own observations are that Lenovo seems the safest bet with the best
> linux support, especially if you buy a thinkpad.
>
> I've really warmed to the HP Pavilion Dv8220ea which has the Nvidia
> GeForce Go 7400 graphics card, which Nvidia supports under linux. The
> other thing I was a bit wary of was wireless, this has an Intel(r)
> PRO/Wireless 3945 which seems to be a bit touch and go under dapper, but
> there is a whole sourceforge project dedicated to making it work. Good
> enough for me.
>
> So, that's what I'm going for, HP Pavilion Dv8220ea. I'll be back with
> how it goes.
>
> Duncan
>
>
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