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From: Kevin Coetzee <kdcoetzee@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"?
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:18:35
Message-Id: AANLkTimZ9mhJdbWucd9sft0CNiMaSGetJD6PZGqSZoWz@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Any bought a laptop that "Just Works"? by kelly hirai
1 HP Probook 4710s just works.
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3 x86_64
4 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd (webcam)
5 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
6 ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
7 (x11-drivers/radeon-ucode and x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati)
8 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
9 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 436c
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11 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:12 AM, kelly hirai <kgh03@×××.edu> wrote:
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13 > thinkpad edge i5, intel gpu. x86_64 all good.
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16 > On 03/30/11 14:31, Robin Atwood wrote:
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18 > I am in the market for a new laptop and would be interested if anyone else
19 > on the list had recently bought a laptop in which all the hardware worked
20 > out of the box with Linux. I am most concerned about WiFi/audio/webcam, the
21 > finer points of hibernation are of lesser concern. Currently I have a "Linux
22 > Certified" machine but I want to avoid shipping costs to the UK.
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26 > TIA
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28 > -Robin
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34 > Robin Atwood.
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38 > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
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40 > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
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42 > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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68 > Robin Atwood.
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70 > "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
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72 > Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
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74 > from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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83 Kevin Coetzee