[vox] Laptop recommendation

[Jan W]

At LugRadio Live, Matthew Garrett (linux kernel guy) had a bunch of
slides talking about the state of the linux kernel on laptops.  One of
the questions he gets asked -alot- is "will linux run on my laptop?" 
his answer was another question:  "is everything onboard manufactured
by intel?"  If yes, then probably, if not, then probably not.

Higher-end laptops with intel everything works the best, IME...

--best of luck

jan

PS: I just saw that most of the talks for LugRadio Live were posted:

http://www.lugradio.org/live/USA2008/schedule




--- Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> 
> My current job spoiled me by providing a laptop.
> I'll soon be starting a new job, and decided a laptop would be nice
> to have.
> I'll be doing web application development, so horsepower and graphics
> capabilities are less important than ease-of-installation and
> -maintenance
> with Linux (I favor Kubuntu flavor of Ubuntu, these days).
> 
> Where to start? :)  One issue w/ my last laptop was wireless support.
> :^P
> 
> Thx,
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> bill at newbreedsoftware.com
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/
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