Magicka is *awesome*. So damn funny. On 3 September 2011 08:53, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Great Post Kevin! > > You need to start a Linux Tech BLOG? > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:22 AM, KevinO wrote: > >> My new Thinkpad came Friday morning: A T520, quad Core i7, 8GB RAM, 15.6 >> inch >> screen, built in WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, etc.. >> >> After burning 4 DVDs to create a boot and restore disks for the Win7 Pro >> and >> other software that came pre-installed, I shrank the main Windows >> partition down, >> leaving a couple hundred GB of free space for a Linux install. >> >> I decided it was finally time to give Mageia 1 a try. I burnt a DVD from >> the x64 >> iso and proceeded to install. I chose Gnome over KDE, this time, because >> of the >> modestly smaller footprint. (I'm comfortable with both) >> >> With no CLI tweaking at all, I got everything to work... and I mean >> _everything_. >> >> Sound and video worked immediately. WiFi worked once I was online and the >> system >> could fetch the correct driver. (No NDISwrapper wanted nor needed here) >> >> All of the special buttons work. The WiFi toggle button, the volume >> buttons, mute >> button, sleep mode button. I fired up Firefox and browsed using WiFi to my >> music >> server. Selecting an album to play, I found that the buttons to pause, >> skip >> tracks forwards and backwards, and stop, all worked correctly with the >> default >> movie player. >> >> Making the Bluetooth mouse work required merely using Gnome's Bluetooth >> config >> tool and pairing the devices. Poof! The mouse was working too. No hand >> editing of >> Xorg.conf! >> >> CPU speed-stepping works. Sleep mode kicks in if I either close the lid or >> press >> the sleep button, and comes back up correctly later. Pressing the lock >> button >> locks the screen, causing the usual login prompt to appear. Scrolling >> works in >> both axis if I slide my finger along the edge of the track pad. >> >> I've done a lot of Linux installs, but I've never seen this much hardware >> work >> right-out-of-the-box on any machine, let alone a laptop. The Win7 side >> couldn't >> see the Bluetooth mouse without the driver CD, but Mageia 1 had it >> covered. Amazing. >> >> Tis truly a sweet machine with a very sweet Linux install. >> >> Long Live Urpmi! >> -- >> KevinO >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > (602) 791-8002 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >