DCEmulation
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I like the new 3D interfaces, so I out Beryl on it. The only hard part was getting the sound working; I had to compile the newest ALSA from source. I don't know if the webcam works. I would assume not, since on-board webcams are still relatively new and rare. I don't give a shit about the webcam though (I didn't even know the laptop came with one.) All in all, it makes an excellent machine that I'll probably use for the next 3-5 years. 
Damnit, Roofus! You took away my chance to do the "z0mg windoze sux instal lunix" routine. You're no fun.Roofus wrote:I never even booted Windows on it. I burned an Ubuntu disc and installed it straight away.
Not yet, but I plan to. Circuit City lets you buy one within 30 days.MKE wrote:did you get any kind of service plan on it? (no offense, but if you want to use it for the next 3-5 years, you'd be stupid not to)
It does; I was surprised by that. Ubuntu complains that it has to use a non-free driver but it does work fine.MKE wrote:also, does the wireless card work on linux? it's been a really long time since i had linux on my notebook, but the only reason i took it off was because the wireless card wasn't supported.
I say go for it. Ubuntu 7.04 works great on the machine. Aside from the minor problem with the sound, it's worked flawlessly. I still don't know about the webcam, but like I said, I don't give a shit about it. Still, I might try to get it working just for the sake of completeness, Does anyone know of a program that I could test it with?MKE wrote:Even though i just reformatted, i may do it again since i'm dual booting vista/xp on my desktop. And if you have good news about wireless support (also searching on right now) i may dual boot linux and vista 64-bit on my notebook.
correct, ubuntu 7.04 was the first version (ran ubuntu 6.06 and kubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 before on a different lappy) that picked up the wireless on my laptop without having to fuck around with ndiswrapper or other shit. It took a small bit of fiddling with some settings to get it to connect, but it works quite wellJellyWarrior wrote:Ubuntu 7.04 has wireless support, they now include proprietary drivers in Ubuntu for situations where there is no open source alternative.
somehow the ACPI implementation on my msi s271 kind of sucks, so currently i have to boot linux using acpi=off, and it wont allow for cpu frequency scalingWill Linux make me money? Hell no, most people who use Linux know what they're doing or can use google to find out how to fix something. I demand the world keep using Windows so that I can keep making money!Stormwatch wrote:Damnit, Roofus! You took away my chance to do the "z0mg windoze sux instal lunix" routine. You're no fun.Roofus wrote:I never even booted Windows on it. I burned an Ubuntu disc and installed it straight away.
