[clug-talk] OT::New Laptop

[Shawn]

Mitchell, a quick description of WHY you don't recommend a product would 
go a long ways to promoting good discussion.  As is, you are basically 
stating an opinion - and one that is contrary to the findings of others 
on the list.  How long ago did you encounter your problems?  What 
distro(s)?  What was your knowledge level at the time? etc....

My laptop, which just so happens to be a recent Acer, works "out of the 
box" with Kubuntu.  It will work "out of the box" with most mainstream 
distros.  If you install something like Gentoo, then yes you can expect 
to have problems - but that is EXPECTED, only cuz YOU have to configure 
the system to your likes/needs.

The only Acer's I know of that *might* have a problem are the ones on 
the bleeding edge (technology wise) - but that goes for ANY brand.  And 
Acer is not known for this approach too often.

My Thoughts.

Shawn


Mitchell Brown wrote:
> I don't recommend Acer's for running Linux, they're pretty tricky to do. 
> Lots of things don't work.
> If you want more details, email me offlist.