On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:32:49PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that my
> machine is better supported by a default Debian installation.
>
> I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any
> feedback on how well supported they are. I don't want to be patching kernels or
> hacking my xorg to get things running smoothly.

Huh? I think you might be using the wrong distribution. Are you
confusing hacking with configuring?

> Wireless would be nice too, preferably without using non-free software.

That depends on the chipset. Maybe look for a laptop without built in
wireless and buy a "supported" pcmcia card?

There are some websites which can you decide whether a particular
laptop has any gotchas with Linux, google on "laptop linux"

--
Chris.
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