Laptops that Linux likes?

[Stephen Clower]

Igor,
  I bought this laptop refurbished from Dell Financial Services at the end of December. It only set me back $435, and I've since replaced the battery and purchased a CDRW/DVD combo for the unit. It seems to be able to handle Linux very nicely though, aside from the few things I've noted here.


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On 4/16/2004 at 1:16 PM Igor Gueths wrote:

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>I'm not sure about that card specifically since I don't have one. 
>Hmm...When did you get that particular machine? The only reason i ask is 
>bc I may then get one for myself...Assuming of course that they're still 
>using 3Com cards and some supported sound card.
>On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:51:35AM -0500, Stephen Clower wrote:
>> Hi Igor,
>> I am using an Es Maestro3 sound chip. It is supported under ALSA and
>OSS, though I haven't seen any performance differences with Alsa. My
>on-board 3comm nic worked without any problems. Is there a setting I
>should change which might improve the quality of the sound on my computer?
>> 
>> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
>> You can reach me by any of the following:
>> E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net
>> MSN: steve at steve-audio.net
>> AIM: AudioRabbit03
>> 
>> You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting
>http://www.steve-audio.net
>> 
>> 
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Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
You can reach me by any of the following:
E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net
MSN: steve at steve-audio.net
AIM: AudioRabbit03

You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net