kubuntu and laptops

[ewlabonte]

I am currently running slackware on my laptop, but I can't get most of the power management to work with it. I have heard that Breezy has good support for laptops "out of the box". Can others please share their experiences with me regarding kubuntu Breezy and laptops.

I installed Ubuntu Warty, and upgraded to Hoary when it came out but neither one provided me with any better power management support. I much prefer kde to gnome so I'd like to try kubuntu. I'll have to wait until I replace the cdrom on my laptop, unfortunately it's stopped reading anything. But when I do, I might try it.

Ed LaBonte
http://ed.labonte.com

[GreatBunzinni]

I believe you will be pleasantly surprised. Breezy comes with linux kernel 2.6.12, which improved the ACPI support quite a bit. Still, it isn't perfect. For example, in my experience, the NVidia driver craps up the suspend reanimation, which didn't happened with the native xorg driver. Still, although it isn't quite perfect yet, breezy is a huge leap compared with hoary.

[vorian]

the 2.6.12 is great. On Hoary I had to connect manually, (iwconfig eht1 blah blah...)

Now when the desktop open, i'm connected! :D

I have a dell, i did not have to tweek the power management either.

[ewlabonte]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1100. Kind of an older machine. Old enough for the cdrom to go south. FedEx is supposed to deliver my new cdrom in 3 days. I'll be installing Kubuntu when I get it. I can't wait.

[chscag]

Can't speak for Dell, but Breezy runs great on my Toshiba Satellite 1135-S1553. It's the only distro of Linux I've tried that properly handles the power settings. It also correctly controls the cooling fan. :)

[riscphree]

i've used the live DVD on my laptop, and everything worked. laptop is a Gateway 7210GX, Mobile AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 512MB RAM, Onboard ATI Radeon Graphics. well, everything but the accelerated graphics of course. they are always a pain in the arse.

[ewlabonte]

I've finally installed kubuntu breezy and all the power management tools: standby, suspend to ram, suspend to disk, etc., work. I'm very pleased with it.

[huerojs]

I've had kubuntu installed on my Asus S5N lappy for 3 weeks now. Works great.

[ericesque]

older thread, yes, but figured I'd mention my Gateway 7510GX is up and running beautifully. AMD 64 3700+ mobile, 1024mb DDR 2700, 100GB hitachi hdd, broadcom wireless, ATI X600 mobile graphics, Yukon audio... took a while to configure, but it's working..