Comments on: Buying a Linux laptop in 2007 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/ look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: UK Office Supplies http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-869 UK Office Supplies Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:48:54 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-869 So whats new for 2008? I tried installing XP to this old laptop I had lying around and it blew the thing up... seriously! here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170228591157&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=007 - i know a piece of crap, but i just wanted someting to take on holiday which i didnt mind getting lost/stolen/broken. So whats new for 2008? I tried installing XP to this old laptop I had lying around and it blew the thing up… seriously! here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170228591157&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=007 – i know a piece of crap, but i just wanted someting to take on holiday which i didnt mind getting lost/stolen/broken.

]]> By: UK Office Supplies http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-876 UK Office Supplies Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:48:00 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-876 So whats new for 2008? I tried installing XP to this old laptop I had lying around and it blew the thing up... seriously! here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170228591157&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=007 - i know a piece of crap, but i just wanted someting to take on holiday which i didnt mind getting lost/stolen/broken. So whats new for 2008? I tried installing XP to this old laptop I had lying around and it blew the thing up… seriously! here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170228591157&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=007 – i know a piece of crap, but i just wanted someting to take on holiday which i didnt mind getting lost/stolen/broken.

]]> By: HOWTO: sound after hibernate in Linux (Gusty/Lenny) | fak3r http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-868 HOWTO: sound after hibernate in Linux (Gusty/Lenny) | fak3r Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:51:47 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-868 [...] Linux (Gusty/Lenny) By fak3r | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) With all the tweaking to get my Dell Vostro 1500 working with Ubuntu, it’s still been an annoyance to get sound working evertime after [...] [...] Linux (Gusty/Lenny) By fak3r | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) With all the tweaking to get my Dell Vostro 1500 working with Ubuntu, it’s still been an annoyance to get sound working evertime after [...]

]]> By: Dzo http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-867 Dzo Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:50:26 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-867 Well written Steve http://www.laptopmall.info Well written

Steve

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]]> By: Dzo http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-875 Dzo Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:50:00 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-875 Well written Steve http://www.laptopmall.info Well written

Steve

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]]> By: fak3r http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-866 fak3r Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:39:33 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-866 @h218 Fans and temp on Gusty just work. AFAIK conky is only a monitor, not a controller for the fans, but it's great to watch the temp. Aside from that, another thing that just works is the webcam; after my Gusty upgrade after the release I installed cheese - and ran it...webcam works. Not sure what else there is that I haven't tested (save for the modem), bbut feel free to ask away here though and I'll let you know. While the forums were invaluable to setup stuff before, I think it's all working by default now. I may reinstall, since you can encrypt partitions while installing, and I'm thinking of encrypting /home from the start now. After that I'm going to start working with 'PowerTop' and really try to get the laptop to run as efficiently as possible. For now I'm really liking the 'top, and it screams with Linux on it. @h218
Fans and temp on Gusty just work. AFAIK conky is only a monitor, not a controller for the fans, but it’s great to watch the temp. Aside from that, another thing that just works is the webcam; after my Gusty upgrade after the release I installed cheese – and ran it…webcam works. Not sure what else there is that I haven’t tested (save for the modem), bbut feel free to ask away here though and I’ll let you know. While the forums were invaluable to setup stuff before, I think it’s all working by default now. I may reinstall, since you can encrypt partitions while installing, and I’m thinking of encrypting /home from the start now.

After that I’m going to start working with ‘PowerTop’ and really try to get the laptop to run as efficiently as possible. For now I’m really liking the ‘top, and it screams with Linux on it.

]]> By: fak3r http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-874 fak3r Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:39:00 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-874 @h218 Fans and temp on Gusty just work. AFAIK conky is only a monitor, not a controller for the fans, but it's great to watch the temp. Aside from that, another thing that just works is the webcam; after my Gusty upgrade after the release I installed cheese - and ran it...webcam works. Not sure what else there is that I haven't tested (save for the modem), bbut feel free to ask away here though and I'll let you know. While the forums were invaluable to setup stuff before, I think it's all working by default now. I may reinstall, since you can encrypt partitions while installing, and I'm thinking of encrypting /home from the start now. After that I'm going to start working with 'PowerTop' and really try to get the laptop to run as efficiently as possible. For now I'm really liking the 'top, and it screams with Linux on it. @h218
Fans and temp on Gusty just work. AFAIK conky is only a monitor, not a controller for the fans, but it’s great to watch the temp. Aside from that, another thing that just works is the webcam; after my Gusty upgrade after the release I installed cheese – and ran it…webcam works. Not sure what else there is that I haven’t tested (save for the modem), bbut feel free to ask away here though and I’ll let you know. While the forums were invaluable to setup stuff before, I think it’s all working by default now. I may reinstall, since you can encrypt partitions while installing, and I’m thinking of encrypting /home from the start now.

After that I’m going to start working with ‘PowerTop’ and really try to get the laptop to run as efficiently as possible. For now I’m really liking the ‘top, and it screams with Linux on it.

]]> By: h218 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-865 h218 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:53:47 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-865 Congrats on the great laptop! I also have the Vostro 1500, but I'm still running 7.04. Question: I installed gkrellm on that bad boy, to make sure the fans both worked with 7.04 (it was recommended by one of the Ubuntu Forum posts - people apparently thought it was getting too hot)... I am upgrading to 7.10 this weekend and was wondering if that's even necessary anymore, what with all the "just works" you experienced? Does Conky allow controlling the fans? Have you noticed the Vostro getting too hot? Thanks, and congrats again! Congrats on the great laptop! I also have the Vostro 1500, but I’m still running 7.04.

Question: I installed gkrellm on that bad boy, to make sure the fans both worked with 7.04 (it was recommended by one of the Ubuntu Forum posts – people apparently thought it was getting too hot)… I am upgrading to 7.10 this weekend and was wondering if that’s even necessary anymore, what with all the “just works” you experienced?

Does Conky allow controlling the fans? Have you noticed the Vostro getting too hot?

Thanks, and congrats again!

]]> By: h218 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-873 h218 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:53:00 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-873 Congrats on the great laptop! I also have the Vostro 1500, but I'm still running 7.04. Question: I installed gkrellm on that bad boy, to make sure the fans both worked with 7.04 (it was recommended by one of the Ubuntu Forum posts - people apparently thought it was getting too hot)... I am upgrading to 7.10 this weekend and was wondering if that's even necessary anymore, what with all the "just works" you experienced? Does Conky allow controlling the fans? Have you noticed the Vostro getting too hot? Thanks, and congrats again! Congrats on the great laptop! I also have the Vostro 1500, but I’m still running 7.04.

Question: I installed gkrellm on that bad boy, to make sure the fans both worked with 7.04 (it was recommended by one of the Ubuntu Forum posts – people apparently thought it was getting too hot)… I am upgrading to 7.10 this weekend and was wondering if that’s even necessary anymore, what with all the “just works” you experienced?

Does Conky allow controlling the fans? Have you noticed the Vostro getting too hot?

Thanks, and congrats again!

]]> By: fak3r http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-864 fak3r Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:40:42 +0000 http://fak3r.com/2007/10/10/buying-a-linux-laptop-in-2007/#comment-864 @Leslie Interesting, to be honest, I've always thought of Linux being very good with different languages due to it's extensive use of locales, but that's just within the OS, apps that provide this on their own (or provide more detail than what the OS has) need to build that themselves. I can see how a grammar checker would be important, while it might be strong for one language it would be different another. I wonder if there is an Open Source API that someone is working on to connect these. @Leslie
Interesting, to be honest, I’ve always thought of Linux being very good with different languages due to it’s extensive use of locales, but that’s just within the OS, apps that provide this on their own (or provide more detail than what the OS has) need to build that themselves. I can see how a grammar checker would be important, while it might be strong for one language it would be different another. I wonder if there is an Open Source API that someone is working on to connect these.

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