User talk:Capitanplaneta

I'm so happy to find this web site! I'm currently thinking about buying a new laptop, but I'm worried to find problems to install GNU/Linux. Right now I'm considering a Thinkpad R52, with the Intel graphics card, I guess it will work fine with Linux...

Can you please advice me on this? Do you think I won't find many problems to make Linux (Fedora Core 4 or other distibution) on a Thinkpad R52, with the Intel graphics card and the Pentium M 1.7 GHz processor?

Capitanplaneta

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Hi,

There are still some issues with the newest models like the R52. Mostly Power Management related. For graphics, you'll probably need ATIs fglrx drivers.

However, as far as my experience goes there's hardly any notebook brand with as good Linux support as ThinkPads.

Wyrfel 21:12, 9 Aug 2005 (CEST)

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Thanks a lot for the quick answer. The issues you mention with the power management... Do you mean it won't turn off when I close it, it won't suspend to disk, etc.? Then I'm not worried, I don't need this.

For the graphics card, you can find the driver and instructions on Intel's site, as I added to the Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_900 page.

Linux-tested.com say they have tested this model with Red Hat and TurboLinux, and that it passes the tests... I'll surely buy it.

Capitanplaneta 21:14, 9 Aug 2005

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There is some problem with the SATA interface on Suspend to RAM. See the "Suspend to RAM" section in How to make ACPI work. I guess that Hibernation works anyway and there also seems to be a fix for the problem.

Good Luck and lots of fun then, Wyrfel 21:40, 9 Aug 2005 (CEST)

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