[plug] Athlon64 notebooks

[Randal Adamson]

Hi John,

John Said:

>Was just wondering whether any PLUG people have Athlon 64 notebooks, and
>if so, then I would like to know:
>
>A) which distribution of Linux you are running;
>B) How well Linux supports the notebooks devices (wireless cards,
>suspend/resume, IR, etc, etc).
>C) Any advice on what you think might be missing features or annoyances
>or anything related to the laptop. Or on the flipside, any unexpected
>bonuses.

I haven't got one - but am about to buy an ASUS L5 - which looks like the
best of the picks out there so far -
http://www.asus.com/products/notebook/l5series/l5000d/l5000d_overview.htm

The best Linux distro ATM for Ath64/Opterons is SuSe which releases the
64bit version on the same cd as the 32bit :)

Great for hardware detection too! I haven't seen a distro that
manages/supports hardware better (PLUG: in my opinion - and please - he is
asking my opinion :P )

One thing, the laptop wont be truly be a full 64 bit hardware machine until
they bring one out with PCMCIA-64 and Mini-PCI-64, DDR2 and a few other
hardware items that aren't still 32bit :)

But to run your Lin64 - it's a beauty. 


>Thanks for any information
>
>...John...