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LinuxCertified LC2430 Laptop Review

Posted by michael on from the still-not-100% dept.

Anonymouse writes "OSNews posted a comprehensive review of the made-for-Linux LinuxCertified LC2430 laptop. They found that all its components are fully compatible with Linux, except with ACPI in recent kernels (which actually affects many laptops recently). The laptop is a desktop replacement with strong performance and some good extra features: Firewire port, 3-1 card reader, combo drive, SXGA+ TFT screen and an ATi Radeon 3D card. Four Linux distributions were tested with it."

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  1. ACPI by Mdalek · · Score: 5, Interesting


    ...and when is ACPI going to be working in 2.6.x, so far the hibernate and suspend functions crash my laptop (toshiba satellite 18xx - even toshiba_acpi doesn't do much (fan status + brightness).

  2. What's the point of "desktop replacements"? by evilviper · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The laptop is a desktop replacement

    In other words, it tries to be just as big, hot, and power hungry as a desktop... While being cramped, using propritary parts, and being just as expensive as a notebook.

    Wonderful! The worst of both worlds.

    Seriously, folks. What is the point of desktop replacements? Who in the world buys them? What possible purpose can they serve?
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