[ubuntu-nz] Linux Friendly Laptop in NZ?

[mmp36 at student.canterbury.ac.nz]

On my laptop (NEC Versa A2100, getting a bit old), Edgy runs fine, but
I haven't been able to get Feisty Xubuntu working properly.

I think the Dells are a little way off yet, so your options probably
remain much the same.

On Thu, 31 May 2007 12:24:50 +1200 (NZST) Steven Ellis
<steven at openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2007 11:46 am, Jason Taylor wrote:
> > Ok so that got a response ;)
> >
> > Errr you have to be kidding?
> >> I have a couple of random laptops myself and they seem to work alright..
> >> Just find one and use it?
> >>
> >
> > Well I've seen several laptops fail with suspend/hibernate and wireless
> > can
> > be an issue... not to mention those evil ATI cards or soft modems, thumb
> > print readers....
> >
> > Was really wondering if anybody knows a company that could do a 'Dell' ie
> > 100% certified this hardware will work with linux.
> >
> >>From the responses it would seem its ether a custom build still or a
> >> 90-95%
> > works with an off the shelf build.
> 
> Heck without tweaking and driver updates Windows does about 85% on my
> current T60. Feisty is around 95% and that is just because bluetooth is
> such a pain to configure.
> 
> Steve
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