[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Colin Law]

On 8 July 2012 22:02, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8 July 2012 21:51, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> > the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that
>> > allows
>> > the control buttons to function correctly.
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>> Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the
>> drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine?
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> The control panel applet for 12.04 says just the brightness buttons (Fn F8
> and F9),

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the above.  Can you clarify
what you mean?

Thanks

Colin

> which is actually very useful - the screen is very bright and can
> be a drain on the battery. I believe that the drivers are open source but
> are presented on the System 76 website as specifically for their models.
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