pc/laptop

[James]

@randall

You are right, I have an I7 desktop with 6GB of ram, but as of 10.10 it
started to lag (horribly) I believe it was one of the ubuntu patches that
screwed something up as I "upgraded" 11.04 and updated the kernel and was
fine

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Randall Ross <randall at executiv.es> wrote:

> @Ilija: You wrote: "If it's a new laptop it should run Maverick without
> any issues." That statement is false.
> A laptop's "newness" is generally NOT an indicator of how well it will
> work with Ubuntu. (By the way "Maverick" is the pre-release name for
> Ubuntu 10.10, so one shouldn't be running "Maverick" any more, I hope!)
>
> @John: Ubuntu compatibility is normally NOT a function of RAM or CPU as
> nearly any modern system will have these resources. In fact, I can show
> you *many* systems that have over 2GB of RAM and a very fast dual-core
> CPU and still have issues.
>
> Surprised? Don't be. Most hardware incompatibility issues relate to:
> wireless chipsets, graphics adapters, and peripherals support. Source:
>
> http://collinp.com/index.php/2011/01/13/ubuntu-hardware-issues-poll-results/
> (We also documentation that validates this chart from Ubuntu Vancouver
> tech support events.)
>
> For anyone encountering this thread, if you want a laptop that runs
> Ubuntu 10.10 without issue, then either:
> 1) Buy one that has Ubuntu pre-installed (e.g. http://www.system76.com),
> or,
> 2) Buy one that is Ubuntu-certified for Ubuntu 10.10. The complete list
> (for all releases of Ubuntu) is here:
> http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/
>
> Finally, an introduction to U-WOE is here: http://randall.executiv.es/uwoe
>
> Please tell your friends.
>
> Cheers,
> Randall
> Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo
>
> --
>
> On 11-01-14 09:14 AM, ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > From: Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com>
> > To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:20:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: pc/laptop
> >
> > If it's a new laptop it should run Maverick without any issues. You can't
> buy a
> > new one with under 3GB of RAM and I never go over 2GB and I'm quite a
> resource
> > hog). About a gig on Opera and another 300MB on Chrome, running for a bit
> over a
> > week without a reboot lol.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:26 PM, jl <j_lp at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi raymond my name is John Papineau I am the tech for the Ubuntu
> >> >Kootenay group in Nelson bc
> >> >
> >> >how much memory do you have on your notebook and how big is your cpu
> and
> >> >how much memory do you have on your notebook
> >> >
> >> >I need to know the following thing before I can find out if your
> >> >notebook can run ubuntu
> >> >
> >> >thank
> >> >
> >> >Ubuntu kootenay group
> >> >
> >> >John Papineau
>
>
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