Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:35:23PM -0700, Paul Clifford wrote: > > What are some good laptop vendors that will run Debian Linux reliably? > > I very much like my Sony VAIO XG-28. It's one of the larger VAIOs, so > avoid it if you're looking to go as small/light as possible. Everything > is very well supported by Linux. I am running sid on it, with X > 4.0.whatever-is-in-sid-now, kernel 2.4.3. X 3.3.6 supports its video > hardware fine too, though. ALSA supports its sound hardware (Yamaha > chipset). I've never bothered with firewire or the Ir port, since I > have no devices that use them. Apparently there is some app or X server > extension or something that allows you to use the little scrolly wheel > thing on the side of the machine (the "jog dial"). I never bothered to > look for it though. > > The only thing that is not supported at all is the internal winmodem, > but I have almost forgotten that it's there. I don't need modem access. > I use a CableTron RoamAbout 802.11 wireless PC card and a LinkSys 10/100 > wired PC card for network connectivity. The schemes subsystem in the > pcmcia suite works very well for moving between networks and stuff.
I'll second this whole description except for the XG-29. Pretty much the same situation. I used to have problems with older kernels/X (described in a message by me on this list back in early Nov 2000), but all of those problems have cleared up now. Great laptop. -- Mike Brownlow http://www.wsmake.org/~mike/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1024D/8AA6EAFD 3861 96B3 EEA2 285C BE23 F706 3E1E EBB2 8AA6 EAFD "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins." Pr10:12
