From: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
To: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
Cc: "Bernhard Rosenkränzer" <bero@arklinux.ch>, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Acer Aspire 7720 shutdown problems and DSDT fixes
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:57:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200808241857.09572.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48B19F09.3070804@tuffmail.co.uk>
On Sunday 24 August 2008 18:48:57 Alan Jenkins wrote:
> In theory they sell a version with Linux preinstalled, and are
> interested in engaging with Linux generally. Maybe you can find the
> kernel version, patches & Kconfig and see if their kernel is any better.
The "version" they ship is Linpus Linux, without even X configured, in the
expectation that people are just going to wipe that and put Windows on.
>From what I've seen, Acer just aren't that interested in Linux[1].
-Carlos
[1] The Aspire One seems to be the first and only exception to this so far.
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2008-08-24 16:22 Acer Aspire 7720 shutdown problems and DSDT fixes Bernhard Rosenkränzer
2008-08-24 17:48 ` Alan Jenkins
2008-08-24 17:57 ` Carlos Corbacho [this message]
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