Linked by Will Gunadi on Tue 5th Apr 2005 14:11 UTC
Today, there is no shortage of reviews on Linux on the Desktop, but I think we can benefit from more "Laptopized-Linux" experiences. As laptops keep dropping in price and increasing in terms of computing power, they really make a nice platform even for cpu intensive applications such as sofware development, desktop publishing, web design, etc. And as you will see in this article, installing Linux on a laptop is not as hairy as you may think.
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>> If anyone, Dell should be selling their laptops w/ the choice of not having an OS installed,
that would be insane. Have you seen all the proprietary buttons on Dell laptops? Ever tried to get power management and cpu throttling to run in Linux on Dell laptops? I have on my Inspiron 5150 and its an impossible hair pulling out experience. Big OEMs like Dell get Windows dirt cheap anyway from MSFT so if you want to not use half of your laptops features just banish MSFT off the drive yourself.
What's needed for laptops to be successful with Linux is for a laptop to be made FOR linux instead of converting wintel ones.
1) Build them so power management & cpu throttling works
2) build a little volume knob instead of buttons since buttons require drivers which Linux lacks. Same with brightness, suspend, cd eject etc... make those os agnostic.