Daniel Dalton wrote:
Hi, Following is a list of laptops. I've narrowed it down to 3 and am considering buying one and running debian on it. How good is debian support on these machines? What is good, what is worth avoiding? I will be doing: programming, typing, msn, irc, web, email, music, virtual machines etc. Here is the list: 1. Acer travel mate 6293 AU$1799 2. hp Compaq 6530S AU$1279 3. hp Compaq 610 AU$999 Thanks for your help. Cheers, Dan
From my experience I will look only 2 things: ethernet/wifi card and graphic card.
Graphic card only if you need 3D acceleration.Ethernet/wifi is something that must works in any condition so try to avoid any ethernet/wifi that doesn't have open source drivers. Broadcom is good example for avoiding (I know i have one and I will probably never again buy laptop with Broadcom).
So basicli look for ethernet/wifi card that is natural supported in Linux. By, Goran Dobosevic.