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On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:49:48 -0500, »Q« <boxcars@×××.net> wrote: |
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> qfpvajdy <qfpvajdy@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> I'm interessted to buy a laptop on which I would like to install |
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>> Gentoo GNU/Linux by using 100% all hardware functions of the laptop |
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>> for which I have bought. |
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> I've just installed Gentoo on a Sony VAIO VGN-FS740, and I recommend |
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> against it. Almost everything in it is well-supported, but one of the |
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> most important things is a PiTA. Sony uses some unusual system to |
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> handle power management, and there are things the drivers available |
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> with the kernel will not handle. Most notably, I could not get control |
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> of LCD brightness without installing a driver which is (a) not in |
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> portage and (b) AFAICT not in most distros' repositories. If someone |
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> hadn't published a portage overlay for it, I would still be struggling |
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> with it. From what I've read (which was a lot more than I wanted to, |
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> this is the situation with most (all?) of Sony's FS models. |
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Think that this is exactly right. |
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However, I wouldn't limit my laptop selection to one that is 100% |
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Gentooable. |
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e.g. I went with Sony (their smallest) and would do so again, because |
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small size, light weight, and high-quality display (necessary on a tiny |
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box) were so important. As you indicated, it was a PITA; Lot of stuff |
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still doesn't work :-( , but it's light enough (2.7 lbs) and small enought |
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that I stick it in the backpack and don't resent it. |
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