[lug] If you want a Laptop that Runs Linux..

[Dan Ferris]

I think it has a bluetooth  antenna.  To be honest, I didn't spend much 
time on it.  The guy who has to use it won't be using Bluetooth for 
anything.

Yeah the laptop is pretty wow.  It was $1599 from newegg.com.  To bad it 
isn't mine.

Dan

Lee Woodworth wrote:
> Dan Ferris wrote:
>   
>> I reccomend the Acer Travelmate 4674.  First laptop I ever got all the
>> hardware working on (wireless still not perfect though).
>>
>> Specs:
>>
>> Intel Core Duo 2.0GHz
>> 2GB RAM
>>     
> Wow
>
>
>   
>> 80GB 5400RPM hard drive
>> Broadcomm 10/100/1000 (tg3 driver worked)
>> Intel 3945 wireless (pain in the ass, but the atrpms rpms fotr the
>> driver worked on FC5)
>> 56K modem that worked with the Alsa modem drivers and slmodemd
>> ATI X1400 with 128 Meg of video memory (all I had to do was install the
>> Livna RPM and then change the driver in xorg.conf to fglrx and it worked
>> fine).
>>
>> The only issue I had was that if you disconnect from the wireless access
>> point and connect to a wired network and then try to go back, I had to
>> kill ipw3945d and restart it.  If I didn't kill it, NetworkManager would
>> fail to connect.
>>
>> I also don't know if bluetooth works.  The bluetooth part of my phone
>> seems dead, since it didn't see the phone in Windows either.
>>     
> Does the machine have an antenna for it?
>
>
>
>   
>> Oh yeah, suspend to disk and suspend to ram worked perfect.  FC5 rules
>> on laptops. :)
>>
>> Next to be tested is an Acer Travelmate 4070
>>
>> Dan
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