Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

[Peter Berlau <pberlau@gmx.de>]

Hi Lisi,

if Leneovo will work i highly prefer Lenevo.
I think its right , I should go for a Lenevo without
nvidia, than Lenevo is ok?

I will have a look tomorrow, also need to sleep a little...
Have a good night, sleep well and thanks for Your help!

Best regards, Peter

Am Samstag, den 10.10.2015, 23:51 +0100 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
> On Saturday 10 October 2015 22:51:17 Peter Berlau wrote:
> > I still like Lenevo most, but i not very familar in "making hardware run
> > under Debian"...
> 
> As I said in the beginning, I have a strong "emotional" attachment to Lenovo.  
> And traditionally Lenovo laptops have been very good with Linux.  There is 
> even a site dedicated to Linux users and IBM has some excellent on-line free 
> tuition for linux users.   
> 
> See this page for information on which models Lenovo considers to be 
> particularly Linux friendly:
> http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/faqs/pc-life-faqs/what-is-Linux/ 
> See the bottom of the page:
> What Lenovo laptops are certified to run Linux?
> 
> But NVidia has shown itself recently to be fairly Linux unfriendly and has 
> been problematic.  I think that it may be OK with proprietary drivers, but 
> the free ones seem to involve the addition of Bumblebee and a lot of 
> fiddling.  I don't know whether all current Lenovo laptops have NVidia 
> graphics.  The certified ones probebly don't.
> 
> > The acer is pretty new model, comes out her in 15. Oct. i think...
> 
> In general terms, "new hardware" and "Linux" in the same breath rings alarm 
> bells.  There could be driver problems.
> 
> Forgive me for the gaps.  It is late and I need my bed. :-(
> 
> Lisi
>