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1). Depends on ACPI support 2). Depends on the hardware, but surprisingly yes. Even the free Nouveau drivers do pretty decent 3d support. 3). Yep, configure i
by batgaijin 14y ago
1). Depends on ACPI support
2). Depends on the hardware, but surprisingly yes. Even the free Nouveau drivers do pretty decent 3d support.
3). Yep, configure it to suspend on closing the lid.
4). Depends on the wm you want.
5). Usually yes.
6). Pretty good, in fact you can enable the two finger scroll pretty easily.
7). More configurable.
If you are considering a switch, I'd recommend installing Fedora or Ubuntu, they usually have pretty amazing defaults. However, if you are considering this using a Macbook/Mac, be prepared for a lot more effort.
- blrgeek 14y agoActually - no offense - I'm looking for specific info on the drivers on this system than a generic response. I've heard far too often 'depends on driver/acpi support' to go down that road again :) Which specific system are you basing your answers on? Can you be more specific on (6) - how many points does the multitouch support?
- anonymouz 14y agoFor Thinkpads what you list under 2) will usually work without hiccups. Generally, Intel is very good with its driver support, so try to pick a laptop with Intel WiFi & GPU. Depending on your needs you may want an nVidia or ATI GPU though. Can't say anything on multitouch with the Touchpad, since I don't use it.
- ricardobeat 14y agoKeywords: usually, generally, depending, can't say.
- anonymouz 14y agoObviously. How would you ever be able to say such a thing with absolute certainty given the number of possible hardware/software combinations? I can tell you that my specific installation of Debian works flawlessly on my specific Thinkpad T420s, but what does that help you?
- Symmetry 14y agoThat's what prior research is for: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/