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Re: But My Linux Laptop Doesn't Work? ray 02-20-2008
Posted by ray on February 20, 2008, 6:01 pm
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 Mine does.

Posted by Paul J Gans on February 20, 2008, 10:03 pm
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>On 20 Feb 2008 23:01:31 GMT, ray wrote:

>> Mine does.

>Maybe you can get a job as a consultant and let Lenovo know how to get
>Linux working on their laptops?
>Sounds like a great opportunity to me!

>http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Lenovo-Launches-Linux-Laptop-and-Leaves-Lots-of-Questions/

>"The first part of the document covered “features not supported.” Some of
>those features are:

> * ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
> * ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
> * ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
> * ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
> * Wireless WAN Adapter
> * ThinkVantage Button
> * (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output

>From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start. The company
>announced back in August that Linux would be available on some of its
>notebook systems by the end of last year. But the launch of the
>Linux-powered notebooks didn’t occur until this year; surely that should
>have been enough time to get those features working."

My Lenova (a T61) works just fine, including the wireless.

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--- Paul J. Gans

Posted by Paul J Gans on February 21, 2008, 10:13 pm
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>On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:03:51 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans wrote:



>> My Lenova (a T61) works just fine, including the wireless.

>Seeing as you can't even get the name of your laptop correct, I seriously
>doubt your claims.

>It's Lenovo BTW......
>

>Thanks for playing though!

I note that BTW is not a word. Nor is it a Lenovo model.

And my laptop still runs linux.

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--- Paul J. Gans

Posted by JEDIDIAH on February 22, 2008, 9:26 pm
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>>On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:03:51 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans wrote:
>
>
>
>>> My Lenova (a T61) works just fine, including the wireless.
>
>>Seeing as you can't even get the name of your laptop correct, I seriously
>>doubt your claims.
>
>>It's Lenovo BTW......
>>
>
>>Thanks for playing though!
>
> I note that BTW is not a word. Nor is it a Lenovo model.

No, it's an acronym. Acronyms aren't generally forbidden.

Your correction about Lenovo also not appropriate as brand
names can be used in the same manner as model names.

>
> And my laptop still runs linux.
>


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Posted by kermit tensmeyer on March 1, 2008, 6:48 pm
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:03:51 +0000, Paul J Gans wrote:


>>> Mine does.
>
>>Maybe you can get a job as a consultant and let Lenovo know how to get
>>Linux working on their laptops?
>>Sounds like a great opportunity to me!

>
>>From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start.

>
> My Lenova (a T61) works just fine, including the wireless.

Also T43 works with Suse 10.3,10.1, Kubuntu and Debian

and autoyast build just screams....(fast)


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