Justin wrote:
> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
> some things work and some don't.
> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?
> Ndis wrappers seem to be common for all laptops and not difficult to
> configure and set up. Other than Acer, Averatec what laptop can I get
> where everything actually works? Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq....
> I'm hoping to spend around $500 for the machine. But that is flexible.

For that money you can get a two or three year-old ThinkPad and everything
will work. I have a T-43 that I use every day and it works perfectly with
8.04 and 8.10.

--
Dale Beckett

in 74404 20081111 065247 Dale Beckett wrote:
>Justin wrote:
>> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
>> some things work and some don't.
>> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?
>> Ndis wrappers seem to be common for all laptops and not difficult to
>> configure and set up. Other than Acer, Averatec what laptop can I get
>> where everything actually works? Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq....
>> I'm hoping to spend around $500 for the machine. But that is flexible.
>
>For that money you can get a two or three year-old ThinkPad and everything
>will work. I have a T-43 that I use every day and it works perfectly with
>8.04 and 8.10.

Same here with a T41. Graphics, wireless, sound, USB - all worked without fiddling.

Justin wrote:

> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
> some things work and some don't.
> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?
> Ndis wrappers seem to be common for all laptops and not difficult to
> configure and set up. Other than Acer, Averatec what laptop can I get
> where everything actually works? Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq....
> I'm hoping to spend around $500 for the machine. But that is flexible.

I've had complete success with the IBM / Lenovo machines. I have a T41 and a
T51, both of which have 8.04 on them. Everything worked perfectly first
time, including sound, wireless and video, without intervention.

C.

Justin wrote:

> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
> some things work and some don't.
> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?

I have run Ubuntu 8.04 on a Samsung R70.
It appears to do everything OK, even the wireless 802.11a

Dale Beckett wrote:
> For that money you can get a two or three year-old ThinkPad and everything
> will work. I have a T-43 that I use every day and it works perfectly

Ditto, with an R61.

--
As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be
glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;
and this we should do freely and generously.
--Benjamin Franklin

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501. It works perfectly with 8.04. Haven't done
the 8.10 upgrade yet.

Paul

Op Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:29:13 -0500, schreef Justin:

> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
> some things work and some don't.
> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?
> Ndis wrappers seem to be common for all laptops and not difficult to
> configure and set up. Other than Acer, Averatec what laptop can I get
> where everything actually works? Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq.... I'm
> hoping to spend around $500 for the machine. But that is flexible.

Try this
Hp is supporting linux on laptops

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise...0-0-0-121.html

Johan van de Sande wrote:

> Op Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:29:13 -0500, schreef Justin:
>
>> I have searched and searched... all I found was a sea of laptops where
>> some things work and some don't.
>> Is there a year or two old laptop where everything works with Ubuntu?

Ran into those problems but the newest K/Ubuntu supports the Broadcomm 43xx
in my Compaq V3015NR Presario - all works just great now!