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Review: LinuxCertified LC2210 Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the it-plays-oggs dept.

'It's me' writes "OSNews reviews LinuxCertified's LC2210 laptop, which comes with Xandros Desktop 2.0. That laptop is meant to be 100% certified with Linux, but Xandros seemed to have problems with it (namely there is no "sleep" function, while WiFi was not as robust as users would want it). LinuxCertified said that newer distros should be able to support this laptop with no hickups. The reviewer concludes that this a great purchase, as long as you are more selective over the distro installed."

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  1. Anyone tried Debian on this notebook? by Debian+Troll's+Best · · Score: 0, Troll
    While it is encouraging to see Linux certified hardware like the LC2210 laptop being sold, judging from the OSNews review it isn't all that much more Linux-compatible than a run of the mill Dell, IBM or Toshiba. To really lure new users across from the x86 or Macintosh worlds, a 'Linux certified' notebook needs to offer up a flawless experience. The notebook needs to wake instantly from sleep, 100% of the time. Wireless LAN needs to auto-detect nearby access points and automatically connect to them as required. And of course, video, sound, USB and FireWire all need to function without a new user ever having to edit, let alone be aware of the numerous /etc configuration files and kernel paramters necessary for these subsystems to work.

    Anyways...as I said before, it's a good sign that companies are starting to make the effort to differentiate their notebook offerings on the basis of explicit Linux support, even if there is a little work that needs to be done yet. I am certainly interested in ordering one of these machines, as my old Dell Inspiron with a 500MHz Pentium III CPU running GNU/Debian Linux is certainly starting to show its age. I would still have a few questions about the LC2210's Debian compatibility though. Not mentioned in the review is the notebook's compatibility with apt-get, for instance. Do people think that I would be able to use apt-get without running into typical issues like robust ACPI support? Does anyone know what graphics chip this thing is using, and if so, would it work without screen corruption when using heavily GUI-oriented apps like dselect?

    I look forward to the community's response!!