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Cipher

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From: Coquimbo, Chile

Registered: 2007-06-06

Posts: 43

look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

im looking for a laptop for myself, and wanna know if the hard have troubles with (achlinux)linux.

VGA:Intel x3100, works compiz/beryl ??, im not user of compiz/beryl but future use os kwin4 with composite effects.

Wireless: IntelJ PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi , woks fine in arch ??? or need some of vodoo

sorry but the laptop promo(dell vostro 1400)  is in spanish, but here is the link:http://www1.la.dell.com/content/product … l=es&s=bsd

Last edited by Cipher (2007-12-17 14:20:04)

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_nalle

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From: Stockholm/Sweden

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 70

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Re: look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

Can't speak for the VGA card but the wireless card works nicely with the IWL3945 driver which is included in the latest archlinux installer and is avaible as a package in the repos.

A quick tip though. The IWL3945 driver is new and therefor migth be buggy, some reports has been made but they seem to fix it rather quickly.
If you encounter a problem that cannot be resolved easily you migth atleast consider using the old IPW3945 module+userspace daemon.

Though the IWL3945 driver is to be recommended as it eliminates the need for a userspace daemon.

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Reasons

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From: Washington

Registered: 2007-11-04

Posts: 572

Re: look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

You'll be fine with both of those. The only problem I had with the x3100 and compiz was that I had to edid the ~/.config/compiz folder and tell it to skip the check for supported cards. It's blacklisted because you can't watch videos with compiz on though I don't know if it's still that way. Other than that it worked fine.

big_gie

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Registered: 2005-01-19

Posts: 637

Re: look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

Check the laptop's components before the laptop itself. Go with Intel's components (wireless & video). I have a X3100 video and 4965 wireless, and they both work great. I can even play games with my video card (not the latest though, as they might use some opengl extension not (yet) in the driver).

Cipher

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From: Coquimbo, Chile

Registered: 2007-06-06

Posts: 43

Re: look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

thankz to all.

@Reasons: xgl or aiglx ???

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daf666

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Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 470

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Re: look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

Shouldn't I suppose that any laptop that is Linux friendly is also Arch friendly?
I mean, I have heard that Zbobontu has a good wifi support, but obviously the same can be achieved in any other distribution with some work..