Hi, This is my first mail to mumbai lug! 1) Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux pre-installed laptop (see http://www.system76.com/ ) 2) What laptop brands are said to be most suitable for linux? -Omkar.
Hi,
Welcome!
--- Omkar Raut omkar86@gmail.com wrote:
- Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux
pre-installed laptop
Just get a laptop and install a recent distro.
- What laptop brands are said to be most suitable
for linux?
Any?
SK
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On Monday 23 April 2007 12:14, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Hi,
Welcome!
--- Omkar Raut omkar86@gmail.com wrote:
- Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux
pre-installed laptop
Just get a laptop and install a recent distro.
- What laptop brands are said to be most suitable
for linux?
Any?
Read Rony's thread Multimedia support in Ubuntu. Acer is a good bet. My chinese iball has worked reasonably except that the ethernet port had konked out (more due to floating high voltages in a vehicle than anything else) and i had to replace the cdrw combo cause the concentric cd holder clip broke.
On Monday 23 April 2007 13:25, Vihan Pandey wrote:
more due to floating high voltages in a vehicle
Err... in a vehicle?
Me confused.
Running 230v ac equipment on 230 vdc generated from 12vdc and other such muck. Then not grounding the vehicle. Lucky it was the ethernet port and not the engineer.
jtd wrote:
Acer is a good bet.
Acer is good as long as it doesn't have the Broadcom wireless. I have been struggling with the wireless ever since I got mine.
--- "Vivek J. Patankar" wrote:
jtd wrote:
Acer is a good bet.
Acer is good as long as it doesn't have the Broadcom wireless. I have been struggling with the wireless ever since I got mine.
My Dell E 1405 has a Broadcom wireless. However, there are few resources I have bookmarked, (not read) that provide a solution to it w. r. t. Ubuntu.
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Roshan wrote:
My Dell E 1405 has a Broadcom wireless. However, there are few resources I have bookmarked, (not read) that provide a solution to it w. r. t. Ubuntu.
I've gone through a lot of stuff but any new links would be most helpful.
--- "Vivek J. Patankar" wrote:
I've gone through a lot of stuff but any new links would be most helpful.
Hope, the ones that I mention here are not the ones you have already visited. I was searching for Ubuntu / Kubuntu setups, so may be, this helps in some way.
1. (Was finding for my Dell E 1405 Laptop and found this) http://wiki.waningsun.net/index.php?title=Dell_E1405_%26_Linux_HOWTO (if this helps)
2. The below link, seems to be dead, though was accessible earlier. http://www.seungpyo.com/stacksandpiles/2006/07/02/broadcom-wireless-in-ubunt...
3. Found a link to fedora as well, (though not sure, whether the card that they mention is what you have).
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcmjp3jt_72pp33kf&revision=_published
4. One more http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102&highlight=bcmwl5.inf
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Roshan wrote:
Hope, the ones that I mention here are not the ones you have already visited. I was searching for Ubuntu / Kubuntu setups, so may be, this helps in some way.
Thanks. I'll check them out.
Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
Vivek, have a look at this link, message no.4 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-laptops/78866-best-wireless-support.h...
also
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-dapper.git;a=commi...
and
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/11/26/support-for-broadcom-wireless-ubuntu-...
All searches were done through www.ask.com
Rony wrote:
Vivek, have a look at this link, message no.4 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-laptops/78866-best-wireless-support.h... also http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/ubuntu-dapper.git;a=commi... and http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/11/26/support-for-broadcom-wireless-ubuntu-... All searches were done through www.ask.com
Thanks Rony. After a lot of reading I have learned that 4318 chip doesn't work with fwcutter like the earlier chips. I'll try to get it working with ndiswrapper now.
--- Omkar Raut wrote:
Hi,
Hi Omkar,
- What laptop brands are said to be most suitable
for Linux?
Fortunately, I found this link, while browsing for something else. http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html
This should help you too.
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Omkar Raut wrote:
- Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux pre-installed laptop (see
http://www.system76.com/ ) 2) What laptop brands are said to be most suitable for linux?
Linux that comes preloaded in laptops is a sorry excuse for linux. You will have to load a proper desktop distribution like Kubuntu or Ubuntu over it.
Look for 915, 945 chipsets. If you buy Core2 Duo, please get its full specs and check for Linux compatibility or you are in trouble. Same for dual core. If you can get Intel 2200 B/G wireless lappys then your wireless problems are solved. My Acer 2428 is fully linux compatible. It uses 915 chipsets and 2200 B/G wireless. But it is an economy starter model with no bluetooth or card reader and RAM is 256 MB. Battery life is only 3 hours.
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On Monday 23 April 2007 09:36 PM, Rony cobbled together some glyphs to say:
- Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux pre-installed laptop (see
http://www.system76.com/ ) 2) What laptop brands are said to be most suitable for linux?
Linux that comes preloaded in laptops is a sorry excuse for linux. You will have to load a proper desktop distribution like Kubuntu or Ubuntu over it.
The case may be valid for Acer etc., but the System76 guys are active supporters of Ubuntu and they provide support for that too. They install full blown Ubuntu releases on their machines and not some crippled crap. System76 is indeed a great option, but sadly they don't ship to India.
Regards, BG
- -- Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose@ubuntu.com Ubuntu -- Linux for Human Beings http://www.ubuntu.com/
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On 4/22/07, Omkar Raut omkar86@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, This is my first mail to mumbai lug!
- Is there a good shop in mumbai to buy linux pre-installed laptop (see
http://www.system76.com/ ) 2) What laptop brands are said to be most suitable for linux? -Omkar.
Try HCL [http://www.hclnotebooks.in]. Their 8008 model [http://www.hclnotebooks.in/product_detail.asp?code=AX008008] comes preloaded with Ubuntu 6.06, retails for around Rs.42000 or less. Here are the specs:
PRODUCT CODE AX008008 MODEL D9912 Intel(r) Centrino(r) Duo Mobile Technology Intel(r) Core Duo Processor T2250 2 MB Cache, 1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB Intel(r) 945GM Chipset Intel(r) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network 802.11b/g Linux preloaded 512MB DDR2 SDRAM upgradeable upto 2 GB 120 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive, DVD Super Multi Drive 14.0" WXGA Wide Screen TFT (1280X768) 4 in 1 Card Reader, Express Card Slot 86 Keys + 5 Hot Keys Keyboard Li-ion Battery (6 cells) Approx. 3 Hrs 10 min 10/100/1000 Ethernet on Board, 56K Modem, Inbuilt Speaker System ACPI 2.0 Power Management with intel SpeedStep technology Ports: 3 USB, 1*IEEE1394, 1*External MIC Input, 1*External Audio Out, 1*External SPDIF Out Bluetooth Dongle Leaptop Bag
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