[huskerlug] Re: Linux on laptops
- From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:26:56 -0600
My two year old laptop is a Gateway m675prr with a 17" LCD, 80GB hd,
bcmw43xx wireless chip, A97 sound with Dolby and Surround Sound (which
is awesome!), and a DVD+-RW.
I still have the XP side which came with it, but I run MEPIS 6.0. In
the last year I've booted into the XP only twice.
Under MEPIS 6.0 everything works, including 3D, and works well!
Stability and security are awesome!
I downloaded the beta of MEPIS 32 and ran it as a Live CD. Some of the
ndiswrapper configuration which I had to do manually to get my Broadcom
wireless chip to work is no longer necessary. M32 correctly identifies
and configures it. M32 is faster than M6.0 so I am looking forward to
M32 going gold.
My Linux laptop experience has been so delightful that I've decided I
will never buy another desktop box. :-)
As you may recall, a year ago I bought my wife an Acer 3403Li laptop and
put Mepis 3.4.3 on it. It, too, has been wonderful for both her and
I. After giving her a brief into into how to run MEPIS (essentially
showing her the menu structure so she knows how to find the apps she
wants to run, and how to use the three buttons on the mouse) I haven't
had to repair, modify or even touch her laptop during the last year.
Not bad for $695.
With my old three desktop PC network using ethernet cards, C5 cables, IP
forwarding, etc..., the power consumption was close to a kilowatt per
hour, 24 hours a day. $43/month power bill. With the wireless
router, wireless printer box, and our two laptops our total electric
bill is about $3/month, because we don't leave them own 24h/day and when
they are on they consume only 0.27Kw/hr.
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GreyGeek
Hexadecimal wrote:
> What's been everyone's experience with Linux on a laptop? I've recently
> purchased a Lenovo X60s because of its great hardware. However, Ubuntu's
> current kernel is evidently unable to take advantage of the undervolting
> capabilities of the Dual Core CPU, and so it eats battery much more quickly
> than Windows... so for now, I have opted to stick with Windows (only
> temporarily!) since everything seems to run uncomfortably hot when in Linux.
> It will be incredibly powerful being able to open up a terminal on such a
> small laptop...
>
> -Seth
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