Laptop for Ubuntu

[James Takac]

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 19:48:43 Trisha Cupra wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  My Compaq Presario works fine, but it has a stupied ATI Radeon Express
> card that does work with Beryl if you do some hacking, but then you have to
> make sure you don't update Beryl because then it will break again. I got
> tired of that and gave up on Beryl on my laptop.
>
>  So, know what you need in terms of a graphics card before you buy.
>
>  Trisha
>
>
> -------- Original Message  --------
>  Subject: Laptop for Ubuntu
>  From: Christopher Davis <cnd551 at uow.edu.au>
>  To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
>  Date: Wed Aug 22 2007 16:46:28 GMT+1000 (EST)
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  I'm contemplating purchasing a new laptop and plan on using it with Ubuntu
> as it's been a favoutite for the past 12 months and I don't want to change
> back to M$. I was wondering if anyone has had any success in running ubuntu
> on a laptop and getting most of the hardware working pretty easily. Also is
> anyone aware of any stores that are willing to sell laptops without V!$TA?
>
>  Thanks
>  Jim.
>
> --------end quoting--------

Hi

I find the asus f3sc series works fine but you need a slight work around to 
get ubuntu to see the dvd drive. 

James