Re: Anyone using Debian on notebook?
I've been using Debian on my Dell Latitude D520.
Everything is working almost properly.. I'm just having problems with
- USB mouse(only works if I disable touchpad)
- Intel Wireless system(simply can't install IPW3945)
Everything else is just perfect!
On 10/12/2007, js <ebgssth@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the pointer.
I'll try that list.
On Dec 10, 2007 2:44 AM, Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2007 1:27 AM, js <
ebgssth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So I'm thinking that I also switch my notebook's OS to Debian.
> > Before starting this switch, I like to hear some comments from
> > people who's using Debian on their notebook.
> > Is there any annoyance?
>
> You might want to subscribe to the debian-laptop list, since there
> will be a lot of laptop-specific traffic there, and you might get more
> prompt responses to questions. That being said, I've been running
> Debian sid on my Thinkpad T23 for several years, and I've been very
> happy with it. Laptops can be a mixed bag, hardware-wise, so it's
> more likely that you'll run into an issue where there's no Free
> driver. If you've got all Intel hardware, this shouldn't be a
> problem.
>
> > One thing I worry is battery management
> > where Apple's MacBook is very good at.
> > OS X's sleep mode is just works. I love it so much.
>
> Check out acpi, acpid, and acpitools. Also powertop, which will help
> you tweak your system to minimize wakeups-from-idle. You can
> configure acpid to respond to various events like function keys,
> close-lid, and open-lid. See /usr/share/doc/acpid.
>
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