Re: Reviews about linuxcertified
From: Omega95 (Omega95_at_email.com)
Date: 04/18/04
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:35:46 GMT
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:26:29 -0600, Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> On Thursday 15 April 2004 20:15, Omega95 (Omega95@email.com) held forth
> in comp.os.linux.misc (<pan.2004.04.15.15.16.58.713632.2117@email.com>):
>
>
>>> I have read an online review (www.linuxplanet.com) but I would prefer
>>> to hear about personal experiences.
>>
>> I have one - got it right at the first of the year and have no major
>> complaints, save one, and I'm not sure I blame THEM for that. It
>> arrived with absolutely ZILCH for documentation and in particular the
>> information necessary for setting up all of the hardware. I have a
>> "snail mail" letter to them now because I ran into issues when I tried
>> to install FC2 with the 2.6 kernel and messed something up that I can't
>> recover.
>>
>>
> Ok.
>
>> It surprised me that there is no electronic communications and the
>> phone just won't work for me so I was left with no option.
>
> I had an email from them after I asked them to send me an invoice.
>
> What model did you buy ?
Same one you were looking at the LC2210.
>
>
>> The machine seemed to be setup for standard operations (RH9 at the
>> time) but I was not able to successfully get the DVD nor cdwriter to
>> function.
>
> Have you been able to get it to work now ?
No- but see below.
>
>> I had started playing with the cardreader and USB when I screwed it up
>> so I can't comment on that. The machine itself was manufactured in
>> China and was built to support many Windows keys and functions which
>> are, of course, useless for Linux but don't cause me any grief. They
>> DID seem to
>
> You can use xhkeys to put them to good use.
Not familiar with those but once I get it back together I will see what I
can find out.
>
>> include the necessary functionality in a directory under /root but that
>> was something I had to find on my own - - like I said no papers except
>> for how to change and set the intial password.
>
> Ok.
>
>
>> Am I sorry I bought from them? No. I have not had occassion to test
>> their warranty and that really is the key element - how well do they
>> stand behind their product - and I dont know what extended warranty
>> pricing will be. I gambled -- Time will tell if I broke even or won
>> but I don't think I have lost.
>>
>>
>> Omega95
>
> What are your general impressions of the hardware ? The keyboard and
> touchpad, etc. ?
I'm not fond of the touchpad because I do use the computer on my lap, and I have a
big thumb. It does occassionally get in the way and put the cursor where
I don't want it to be. Is sometimes embarrassing.
The KB is different from what I am used to but no great issue, No 2 of
the 5 that I use are identical.
>
> How about heating up ? How long does the battery last in reality ?
Not sure what you mean here - It DOES get warm but not as bad as the IBM
770E that I had been using. It is no problem keeping it on my legs for
long periods of time. The IBM quite often required a "cushion" between IT
and my legs.
I have run on battery in excess of 2.5 hours and only had one occassion
when it shut down. Since I didn't (still don't) know the process for an
orderly recovery I just did a reboot. It seemed to indicate that it had
gone into sleep mode quite orderly. I just wasn't paying enough
attention.
Right now I am in the process of TOTALLY reconstructing the software and
have decided to make a dual boot system out of it. W2k (which has to be
installed first) has at least identified most of the hardware and I
am locating current drivers and picking up some NEW linux information in
the process. I still have had no reply from LinuxCertified regarding my
mail requesting the specs. The touchpad BTW, is a Synaptics model 1 that
LinuxCertified obviously had properly configured that I totally messed up.
By the end of the week I hope to have it all back together and working.
It will have W2K and Fedora Core 1 if I do it right.
I NEEDED a laptop and preferred Linux. Unlike many, I consider the PC and
the software to be 2 separate entities so I have no real complaints about
LinuxCertified. The hardware is satisfactory, and by ads I still see
today, better than fairly priced. The software they installed (RH9)
worked well till I started messing with it so I can't blame them for that one.
Whether or not I will get the CD writer to work is the only thing that
still concerns me but if it will function under W2K I will then know that
it is a setup issue in Linux.
Omega95
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