but can it run beryl on Intel? I'm asking because I'm on the Ubuntu desktop effects team and people have all kinds of problem with Intel.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:m.mccune@comcast.net">
m.mccune@comcast.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:m.mccune@comcast.net">m.mccune@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I bought one of the Acer 3680s a few weeks ago. All the hardware<br>is detected and setup without a flaw by Ubuntu 6.06 (even the<br>wireless card). At 6 pounds it is still fairly portable.<br><br>The Intel mobile graphics card is well supported. While it is not as
<br>fast as the Nvidia or ATI cards, it does support OpenGL. I tried Quake II<br>in OpenGL mode and got 30-40fps in 1024x768 mode. Not great but<br>usable.<br><br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:48:56 -0500
<br>> From: Matthew M Angeles <<a href="mailto:matt.angeles@gmail.com">matt.angeles@gmail.com</a>><br>> Subject: Ubuntu-Chicago laptop shopping<br>> To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com
</a><br>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:45317768.6090804@gmail.com">45317768.6090804@gmail.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>><br>> Anyone know of any good laptop deals under 600? I'm looking to get
<br>> something that will last but I don't need it to be fancy. IAll I plan on<br>> doing on it is running ubuntu w/beryl and I don't need all the bells and<br>> whistles on beryl, writing papers, surfing the net, checking my email
<br>> and maybe running some emulators but most run on half-way decent<br>> pentiums III's.<br>><br>> I found two at mircocenter I liked. The acer 5100-3336 but it's $650 and<br>> its about 50 bucks too much. Maybe it's worth the extra 50. And the Acer
<br>> 3680 but it has an intel graphic card. Will intel's graphic card run<br>> well in Ubuntu with beryl?<br>><br>> Let me know what you guys think. Most of you are way more experienced<br>> running ubuntu then me.
<br>><br>> Thanks for your help<br>> redDEAD<br>><br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com
</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-Freddy Martinez-<br>Kubuntu. [GNU/]Linux for human beings.
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