[off topic] Linux on laptop and all FLOSS?

[Jim Richardson]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 19:28 +0200, Maximilian Gerlach wrote:
> > What about PowerPC-based laptops?
> > Are there device drivers for all parts of the Mac laptops?
> No
> 
> Okay, okay, you get the long answer:
> Sleep is not really supported, there is no hardware acceleration, the
> new trackpads are unsupported and Airport Extreme is a problem child
> beyond all description.
> 
> Maxi, who owns a powerbook itself, is very proud of and content with it,
> but would never describe it as really linux - safe...
> 
> 
> 

On the sleep front, have you tried swsusp2? hibernate to disk, rather
than sleep to ram, and I don't know if it works with PPC or not, but I
have been very happy with  it on my Inspiron 8100
-- 
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
Perfection is a goal to be striven for, not a position to be reached.
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