laptop-testing-team Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4

[Andrew Nevelos]

With the recent update I now have about 5 choices when my laptop starts up.
How do I remove some of those old versions?

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>    1. Re: Suggestions for lightweight laptops? (Alan Pope)
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> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
> To: laptop-testing-team at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:30:44 +0100
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for lightweight laptops?
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:56 -0400, Robinson Tryon wrote:
> > I'm looking for a small, lightweight laptop on which I can run ubuntu
> > (think ~12", under 5lbs).  I want a laptop that I can put in my
> > backpack and carry around with me, so things like good battery life
> > and hibernation support are critical.
> >
>
> I am using a Toshiba Portege M400 (3G) which has a 12" screen at
> 1440x1050 and uses Intel 945 graphics, core2duo 2GHz. I think everything
> works (including finger print reader) but I have not yet tested the
> built-in 3G modem. I had some performance issues early on, but it looks
> like they are all fixed with the latest BIOS (3.5) on this machine. Wifi
> works, onboard ethernet works.
>
> It's a tablet device so has a flip around screen and stylus (and spare
> stylus) if that's interesting too.
>
> > I'd really like all of the hardware to be supported, and I would be
> > willing to take a small performance hit if I could get a
> > cooler-running system.
>
> It's not too hot actually when running both cores at 1GHz. Sensors say
> it's 33 degrees C right now and the hdd is 35 degrees. I am running
> gutsy on it, but have previously had feisty.
>
> I have no idea how much it weighs, but it's not too much and the power
> brick isn't massive.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "(``-_-´´) -- Fernando" <Ubuntu at BUGabundo.net>
> To: laptop-testing-team at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:03:08 +0100
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for lightweight laptops?
> well, I have a two year old Tsunami Traveller and it is a 12.1" 1.7GHz
> Pentium M.
> When I boot up the PC, I'll send you guys a few weeks of temperature logs.
> A few weeks ago it hit 102ºC, and since then I've been recording them.
> I'm guessing that there is some unknown bug with the kernel and my
> Eth0 card (realtek), because when I used it CPU tends to use more
> cicles, and eat up.
> While using PowerTop, I could see that even when unpluged eth0 was one
> of the top responsibles for wakeups.
>
> On 6/18/07, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:56 -0400, Robinson Tryon wrote:
> > > I'm looking for a small, lightweight laptop on which I can run ubuntu
> > > (think ~12", under 5lbs).  I want a laptop that I can put in my
> > > backpack and carry around with me, so things like good battery life
> > > and hibernation support are critical.
> > >
> >
> > I am using a Toshiba Portege M400 (3G) which has a 12" screen at
> > 1440x1050 and uses Intel 945 graphics, core2duo 2GHz. I think everything
> > works (including finger print reader) but I have not yet tested the
> > built-in 3G modem. I had some performance issues early on, but it looks
> > like they are all fixed with the latest BIOS (3.5) on this machine. Wifi
> > works, onboard ethernet works.
> >
> > It's a tablet device so has a flip around screen and stylus (and spare
> > stylus) if that's interesting too.
> >
> > > I'd really like all of the hardware to be supported, and I would be
> > > willing to take a small performance hit if I could get a
> > > cooler-running system.
> >
> > It's not too hot actually when running both cores at 1GHz. Sensors say
> > it's 33 degrees C right now and the hdd is 35 degrees. I am running
> > gutsy on it, but have previously had feisty.
> >
> > I have no idea how much it weighs, but it's not too much and the power
> > brick isn't massive.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
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