[wellylug] linux sold preinstalled

[Rob Collins]

Nigel Roberts wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 at 14:01:18 +1300, Rob Collins wrote:
>
>   
>> Thinking of getting one of these machines.  Has anyone assessed these for 
>> regular kind of home users requirements ie, does DVD playback work ok once 
>> codecs installed, does other media playback ok, how is graphic/photo 
>> handling/editing in eg gimp, how does flash media perform, any 
>> sound/display issues?  Any help invaluable.
>>     
>
> I haven't had a chance to check DVD. As it stands I don't think I can
> recommend this laptop as long as Suspend/Hibernate doesn't work
> correctly. If you're prepared to reinstall the OS (possibly with
> Debian Testing) it might be worth it, and it's certainly fast enough
> to do all you describe, the limiting factor being its 512MB of memory.
>
> Regards,
> Nigel
>
>
>   
Thanks for that Nigel.  Was thinking of installing hardy heron on it 
when stable comes out and going for the 1GB ram upgrade.  be a good 
machine to try out KDE4 on too i think.
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