From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261239AbUBTNFH (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:05:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261238AbUBTNBq (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:01:46 -0500 Received: from gprs156-117.eurotel.cz ([160.218.156.117]:61312 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261230AbUBTM72 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:59:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:59:12 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Scott Robert Ladd Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: eMachines M6805 (Athlon 64) laptop and Linux? Message-ID: <20040220125912.GA314@elf.ucw.cz> References: <402D32AE.3000006@coyotegulch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <402D32AE.3000006@coyotegulch.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I'm strongly tempted to buy one of these laptops -- but I want it to run > Linux instead of that "other" operating system. Has anyone installed > Linux (32- or 64-bit) on one of these machines? > > Or does anyone have a suggestion for a "Linux certified" Athlon 64 system? There are some problems with ACPI, APIC and CPUFREQ, plus I do not think build-in wifi can be made to work. Otherwise its a nice machine ;-). Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]