Linux on a T520

[AZ RUNE]

There is always the StratPro13 from ZaReason for thinkpad action like laptop

Brian

http://zareason.com/shop/Strata-Pro-13.html

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> Check out thinkwiki:  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/**ThinkWiki<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki>
>
> Dell is usually about the best for linux compatibility, but ibm's tend to
> be good, at least before lenovo borg'd them....
>
> Problem is typically with laptops quirky bios/acpi functions that don't
> allow it to sleep, hibernate, or shutdown right.  Just google around seeing
> if anyone else has issues, otherwise game on.
>
> I bought a new hp elitebook recently as I needed some beefy proc and ram
> for vm's (can do 16g w/4 dimm slots), but it's horrible bios and firmwares
> do not allow sleeping or anything right, even shutdown half the time.  HP
> still takes the approach "no one uses linux so screw it".  They're fat and
> happy collecting microsoft taxes - never again will I buy from them.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On 08/26/2011 01:48 AM, KevinO wrote:
>
>> On 08/25/2011 08:42 PM, Joe zagar wrote:
>>
>>> I have a 520 64 bit, Intel i7, Windows 7 pro, running Ubuntu under
>>> Virtual Box
>>> and everything works fine.
>>>
>>>  Thank you for the data point.
>>
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Brian Fields
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