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LinuxCertified LC2210D Laptop Review

Posted by timothy on from the that's-where-the-linux-laptops-are dept.

Provataki writes "OSNews posted a review of the LinuxCertified LC2210D laptop, running the latest Ubuntu. The laptop delivers pretty well and it has modern characteristics for a fair price but it's not without its small configuration issues. It is also another proof that Linux's ACPI sleep support does not work on most laptops out there, even the ones picked for best compatibility with Linux."

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  1. A small step for computers,.. by treff89 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    a great step for Linux. Yes, I know that there are computers being sold with Linux pre-installed. This is taking the logical next step! After so many years of laptops designed for Windows, we are starting to see those designed for alternate OS's emerge. This is great, as there will be no obviously flawed device choices. (For example: modem.) The ACPI discrepancy is a minor one and no real issue for 99.99% of users. Again, this is the logical next step in the development of these great operating systems that are free. Good going FOSSS!

    1. Re:A small step for computers,.. by Kaamoss · · Score: 3, Insightful

      how can you say that sleep is only an issue with 0.01% of laptop users? The reason that I got a laptop was so that I could be mobily productive and a big part of that is being able to go a long time between charges. I imagine most people have laptops for the same reason and so it is an issue.

  2. Sleep issue by Kaamoss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The whole sleep issue/ battery consumption rates is kind of a big set back for the whole linux on latops movements. I know that's the main reason that I took gentoo off of my G4 ibook. Don't get me wrong I love linux just as much as the next /.er but I get much better batery life running OS X on it ass opposed to linux and the more and more I use OS X the more I like it. Not to mention the fact that there is no airport extreme linux driver either. Those are the two really big issues that I don't see changing any time in the near future which will hold linux back on the laptop, but maybe I'll be proven wrong.