Recommendations for laptop that simply works with opensuse

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#1

I just bought an Asus U31F with intel i3 chip, 8 GB ram, 500 GB HD and 8 cells, and too much fail under LInux so I’ve decided to return in.

Any recommendations for replacement where openSUSE 11.4 simply works out of the box?

(Complete specs: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Notebooks - ASUS U31F

Trouble with U31F:

  • wifi (had to install drivers and recompile kernel. This took me about 3 days since I’m no linux wizard and had a hard time finding out how to install c++ dev-stuff. WIFI still drops connection now and then),
  • X freezes, sometimes I can switch to other terminals (F1, F2 etc) but can’t kill X. Other times that doesn’t work either. But the mouse still moves, I just can’t click on anything.
  • fonts are not shown very well (sometimes pixels aren’t shown other times ekstra pixels are shown/hangs around after the letter is deleted. For instance the letter i some times aren’t shown at all and the letter n sometimes look like r and so forth),
  • hibernation and sleep doesn’t work,
  • can’t controll fan which is noisy when it runs at full speed,
  • Mousepad skips and jumps. I have to close the lid to make it work properly again.

I could try to fix all this, but it would take me ages.

So basically not a very suitable machine for linux. Hence I’m looking for something else. )

#2

hi, it depends where you’ re from. Keynux and Clevo laptops are linux certified

#3

Thanks!

I live in Norway. Doesn’t seem like anyone sells them here, but perhaps I’ll find a webshop that ships.

#4

they ship worldwide
Clevo.fr groupe Anyware Home page distributeur officiel
KEYNUX - Assembleur ordinateur portable Clevo, toughbook, durabook, serveur intel

You may use google translate

Not cheap but the best!

#5

Acer in my experience though some people have had problems with some components on some Acers.

#6

Ah, good.

I had a look at Acer Timeline, seems there are some issues with it. But I’ll see if I find some other model.

#7

I am NOT a full time user anymore.
I still like it and keep it installed on an extra (removable) hard drive.

I use a Panasonic Toughbook CF-52

Intel(R) Core™2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
Speed: 800.00 MHz

Video is: Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset

It is NOT the latest or greatest, but it has swappable hard drives and it it tough enough to survive field use.
I like it and if a newbie like me can install and run OpenSuSE right out of the box, its quite an achievement.

I replace this thing every couple of years, so I am about to get a new TOUGHBOOK with the i5 chip.

I hope this helps!

Thanks,

Rr

#8

Dell Latitude D630 works. I have used it on one before that had Intel 3945 wireless, I had no issues with anything using 11.4