[PLUG] Buying a Linux laptop
Mark
lemming at quirkyqatz.com
Wed Apr 14 18:50:03 UTC 2004
Dave Scott wrote:
> Did you check "Linux on Laptops", www.linux-laptop.net
>
> Also, I hear IBM's work pretty good for Linux. I'm using a Compaq
> Presario 1700 and it works great.
>
> I'm still wondering why IBM doesn't support GNU/Linux on Laptops since
> there stance on the Linux thing. You would think they would offer
> GNU/Linux installs as an alternative to Windows.
>
> As for the battery indicator, I believe you need to make sure the BIOS
> on the laptop is ACPI compliant and the Kernel needs to be built with
> ACPI support in order to get that to work. I believe most linux distros
> ship with a default kernel that does not have the ACPI compiled. Maybe
> someone else here has some more info about this.
I've got a Sony Vaio (Older model from 2000). With the 2.6 kernel it
disabled my ACPI as too old of a BIOS. APM worked fine though for
battery indicator. Newer laptops should be fine in that respect.
I'll second the recommendation for checking linux-laptop.
-Mark
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