Re: Debian on laptop
On 14/06/2008, Tobias Nissen <tn@movb.de> wrote:
> alfa beta wrote:
[snip]
>
> > Question:
> > Could you recommend me a laptop model, with all details, which works
> > completely, or perfectly with Debian? Including audio-video hardware,
> > and hardware for connection to Internet (I'm on cable modem, UPC is my
> > provider).
>
>
> I don't know about your cable modem-thingy, we Germans are more the
> ADSL kind of guys, but the Linux/Debian-support for the IBM/Lenovo
> Thinkpad series is outstanding. A minor drawback is the support for the
> ATI graphics adapters, but newer models seem to use Intel and NVidia
> anyway.
>
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Hey,
There is hope with the cable modem. I have successfully used a
Motorola Surfboard modem using both the ethernet port (simple) and usb
port (it uses a supported ethernet over usb driver). I imagine that
other manufacturers would take this approach too as it is probably the
cheapest.
cheers,
Owen.
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