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Google often works for that.... Just type in the full device name in quotes and "linux compatible", and you'll often get a discussion about whether or not it works. A lot of Linux distros and the major *BSDs generally keep hardware compatibility lists as well. There's a master list on ibiblio, though it might not be up to date.

Your ATI card should work without any problems.

ok, thanks for your information...
I would like to make a comparison now:
In my country the Sony Vaio VGN-FS395VP laptop costs about 1400€... What about in your country (this goes for all users who would like to calm down my curiosity )?

Boso wrote:The Dell ones are good too but a friend told me that they put some sort of a spyware or something like that.

>This< is what I was talking about.

nene: Same in Bulgaria, even more expensive . Ask a friend who is in USA to buy you one. It's much cheeper there!

nene wrote:what about drivers? are there any known problems with laptops? i am thinking on modems, graphic cards, etc... I found out they don't "wake up" if you put them to "sleep"...

As a general rule, most (PCI, laptops, etc) modems don't work with linux. Almost all laptop modems don't work with linux. You'll probably spend 20-50 dollars on a good external one.

Beware of the WinModems!

Im experienced with Dells computer and I would think that anything will almost be good enough if you aint gonna play with the computer. I do alot of programming in csharp using just a C800 from dell, thats about 800Mhz with approximate 512 Mb of ram. Thats enough watching, movies, and playing mp3s surfing on the net. Playing games, would require alot more power. I would suggest you think of other things instead of just performance. One of the thing you should consider, is how big screen, you want, how heavy you want it to be. Batterylife time.

As an example, Dells D800 and D400

D800, your name need to be arnold schwartnegger. Carrying around that heavy package requires alot of strength of will. Certainly nice with a big screen. But its not for the portable type of usage I would consider.

D400 smaller screen, alot easier to carry around. Can do what D800 can do.

That sort of thinking I think you would benefit form.

I am using a Compaq Presario X1020US. Its a 1.5Ghz centrino with 512MB DDR. I am using Mandrake 10.2 (LE 2005) and its runs like a charm. I did install the WLAN driver manually though.

I purchased it for $1600 (excluding TAX) more than a year ago.

Only advice I can offer y'all is, if you plan on running Linux, do NOT get a Gateway laptop. I dunno what it is about them, but Gateways and Linux don't mix. My dad recently got a brand-new Gateway laptop for work... we've tried a bunch of Linux distros, and none of them work.

Boso wrote:

Boso wrote:The Dell ones are good too but a friend told me that they put some sort of a spyware or something like that.

>This< is what I was talking about.

nene: Same in Bulgaria, even more expensive :(. Ask a friend who is in USA to buy you one. It's much cheeper there!

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000317047049/
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/16/co ... ry_of.html