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Post #198,250 by folkert 3/12/05 5:47:49 PM Reply	Yendor Mike just got an HP zd8080us... He has it working pretty much as expected. Even the NDIS drivers work through ndiswrapper for the wireless. He is using Ubuntu newest... pretty much running Hoary vs Warty. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #198,277 by Yendor 3/12/05 8:18:32 PM Reply	As Greg said... ...Ubuntu works as expected on my HP laptop. No major problems (the second time around -- the first time there was a bad HD which caused me to return said unit.) Wireless works via `ndiswrapper-utils`. Just copy the .inf and .sys files from the provided Windows driver CD, and you're off and running. I haven't tried any of the special digital media drives yet, but everything else works. Even the screen resolution is up to the native 1440x950 with one of the more recent releases of `xorg`. (When first installed 3 weeks ago, it was stuck at 1024x768.) -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #198,282 by a6l6e6x 3/12/05 8:57:53 PM Reply	But, it's not an Athlon 64. [link\|http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_techspecs_full.php/masterid=5767096\|Zd8080us Notebook]. 3.4GHz Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology, 1GB, 100GB, DVD\ufffdRW/CD-RW, Windows XP Media Center Edition, 17" TFT Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #198,291 by Yendor 3/12/05 9:48:04 PM Reply	Truedat... ...Which is why I didn't post in reply originally. But if Greg's gonna talk about me, I might as well confirm it myself. Besides, it does (at the least) go to show that recent HP notebooks at least can handle Linux... -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania

Linux Laptop? - (cwbrenn) - (31) - March 11, 2005, 03:17:23 PM EST

Pavilion zv5370us Notebook - (a6l6e6x) - March 11, 2005, 05:40:44 PM EST

Yendor Mike just got an HP zd8080us... - (folkert) - (3) - March 12, 2005, 05:47:49 PM EST

As Greg said... - (Yendor) - March 12, 2005, 08:18:32 PM EST

But, it's not an Athlon 64. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 08:57:53 PM EST

Truedat... - (Yendor) - March 12, 2005, 09:48:04 PM EST

Re: Linux Laptop? - (pwhysall) - March 13, 2005, 01:11:22 AM EST

Possible contender - (cwbrenn) - (19) - March 14, 2005, 07:47:14 PM EST

No personal experience. - (Another Scott) - (9) - March 14, 2005, 07:55:26 PM EST

Re: No personal experience. - (cwbrenn) - (8) - March 14, 2005, 08:20:53 PM EST

On the configuration page it's different. - (Another Scott) - (7) - March 14, 2005, 09:15:16 PM EST

And contrast that with the recommendation I made before. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - March 14, 2005, 09:26:04 PM EST

Wow! -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 14, 2005, 09:33:43 PM EST

Don't be decieved... - (cwbrenn) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 10:01:58 PM EST

I'll take it back. - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 10:26:41 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - March 15, 2005, 02:23:13 AM EST

That's very strange, because - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 09:32:58 PM EST

Add an OS and the price will match mine. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - March 14, 2005, 09:36:41 PM EST

On a non-technical note. - (pwhysall) - (8) - March 15, 2005, 01:35:19 AM EST

True, but... - (cwbrenn) - (7) - March 15, 2005, 02:59:18 PM EST

Nothing here move along. - (folkert) - March 15, 2005, 03:10:47 PM EST

Mind you - (pwhysall) - (4) - March 15, 2005, 03:09:50 PM EST

I would love to have a Powerbook, but... - (cwbrenn) - (3) - March 15, 2005, 03:17:48 PM EST

Monopoly? - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 03:21:47 PM EST

Monopoly. - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 03:43:44 PM EST

Just buy it for the nice hardware then - (SpiceWare) - March 15, 2005, 03:52:04 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (folkert) - March 15, 2005, 03:11:13 PM EST

Ooooooooh... - (cwbrenn) - (4) - March 15, 2005, 05:33:47 PM EST

You'd be a fool not to... - (folkert) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 09:05:41 PM EST

Re: You'd be a fool not to... - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 10:53:25 PM EST

Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb -NT - (drewk) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 09:49:50 PM EST

Re: Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 10:52:45 PM EST

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