The good:
Catches on to signals fairly quickly ; I have my wireless config in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1, and I'll get on my home network at bootup. The speed is just as good as Windows ( which is, of course, appropriate considering how...
http://www.short-media.com/forum/sho...2230#post52230
In short: new drivers may cause monitor death with Radeon 9800 and 9700's. Possible relation to M10's? Unknown.
http://www.linuxant.com/company/press_dldr.php
Posting two rooms away from my accesspoint right now.
Note: Getting it to work with DHCP was not for me ; static IP w/ WEP. If you're new to this, what you'll be using as your...
Just figured I'd slide this up as I had a fair bit of success with it.
I had begun my linux on the 5680 chore by partitioning off a 10G block on the HDD and attempting to put Gentoo on it. I was following the standby two-partition...
I ordered on the 27th, and, having just called PcTorque, have discovered mine shipped today as well.
Which of course means that my whiny bitching will cease.
( about the laptop )
Now excuse me while I go jump around like a...
*nods and notes that the wait would not be so bad had it not been precluded by a $2,000+ enema of the bank account*
However, I hope in a week it will all be academic anyways.
Truth, thank ye Laura for all info given thus far.
Having said that:
I do hereby make this thread active once more, if only because for those of us still without laptops, it's been our home for the last few weeks.