Re: laptop for -current
From: Pierre Weis (pierre.weis_at_inria.fr)
Date: 07/22/04
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To: anderson@centtech.com (Eric Anderson) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:19:43 +0200 (MET DST)
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> I'm using a Dell D600, and it's excellent..
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> Eric
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> Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology
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I'm also running -current on a Dell laptop (a Precision M60 with the
large (1920x1200 pixels) screen). It works pretty well, although not
perfectly: I have not managed to have ACPI working properly and I have
problems with the Nvidia driver (I had to revert to the XFree nv
driver to get X running). Also, the FireFox port can be compiled and
installed but the resulting program core dumps too often to be
usable. This may be because I'm using a cutting edge X-server from XFree86
(version 4.4.99.9); anyway, I am now obliged to use Netscape which is
not my browser of choice :(
On the other hand, the OS is rock solid and all the sub-systems work
perfectly: USB1, USB2, FireWire, PC-cards, CD/RW/DVD reader,
Bluetooth, the Broadcom NICs (either the 10/100/1000 Mb/s wired
ethernet, or the 802.11 a/b/g wireless card)!
To my knowledge, this OS is the best fit for this machine :)
Also, the machine itself is excellent: it runs fast, has a silent and
fast hard disk and the screen is a dream. This laptop is just a bit
heavy to carry and it pumps the battery way too quickly (in my case, 2
hours and a half is enough to dry it up).
In conclusion: a very good OS/machine combination, that would be
excellent if only the ACPI system could slow down the processor and
put the machine asleep...
Hope this helps,
Pierre Weis
INRIA, Projet Cristal, Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, http://pauillac.inria.fr/~weis/
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