[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Colin Law]

On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC
>> Specialist [1]?  I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2].
>> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80.
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>> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
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> I have the System 76 Lemur which is the PCSpecialist Xenon. It works out of
> the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that allows
> the control buttons to function correctly.

Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the
drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine?

Colin

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> 12.04 has better power management than the originally installed 11.10 did.
> The build is a bit plasticy but as a relatively cheap utility laptop that
> you can design yourself, they're worth a look.
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