I apologize for the curt reply. There have been a number of these "Linux" threads lately on HN and the disinformation (on both sides) bugs me to no end. Clearly

I apologize for the curt reply. There have been a number of these "Linux" threads lately on HN and the disinformation (on both sides) bugs me to no end. Clearly you've had some troubles and you have a right to be annoyed. For reference, and perhaps for the use of others, Canonical maintains a list of hardware that works, along with information about what doesn't work. I have found it handy in the past. It can be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/ http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/