Comments on: Linux: Better than sliced bread. http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/ musings of a KDE hacker chick Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rumil http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-299 Rumil Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:31:51 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-299 Could you check if fingerprint scanner works with either thinkFinger (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/) or UPEK driver (http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp) ? Could you check if fingerprint scanner works with either thinkFinger (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/) or UPEK driver (http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp) ?

]]> By: aloon http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-297 aloon Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:06:31 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-297 According to the link you gave in this post, that Sony Vaio costs 4000 NZD. On [url=http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=nz&cs=nzdhs1&l=en&s=dhs]Dell's website for New Zealand[/url] I see a comparable configuration of the M1330 for 2100 NZD. Are you really OK with paying 1900 NZD extra because you had to wait a few weeks longer for M1330? Of course Sony's notebooks are cool, but they cost a fortune. It's not a problem for you to spend so much of your income on a notebook, possibly because you intend to use it for quite a few years? I would have ordered the M1330 and be patient, even if I had to wait a few weeks or months, can't beat the price/quality ratio and the LED-backlit display of the M1330. According to the link you gave in this post, that Sony Vaio costs 4000 NZD. On [url=http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=nz&cs=nzdhs1&l=en&s=dhs]Dell’s website for New Zealand[/url] I see a comparable configuration of the M1330 for 2100 NZD.

Are you really OK with paying 1900 NZD extra because you had to wait a few weeks longer for M1330? Of course Sony’s notebooks are cool, but they cost a fortune. It’s not a problem for you to spend so much of your income on a notebook, possibly because you intend to use it for quite a few years?

I would have ordered the M1330 and be patient, even if I had to wait a few weeks or months, can’t beat the price/quality ratio and the LED-backlit display of the M1330.

]]> By: sinewalker http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-290 sinewalker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:11:05 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-290 Thanks Jess, you're awesome. A quick Google of "v4l 05ca:1835" lead me to http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870/ Looks like the Ricoh's supported, the driver supports Video4Linux 2 API, with a *buntu package and verified working with Kopete! Woot! Thanks Jess, you’re awesome.

A quick Google of “v4l 05ca:1835″ lead me to http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870/

Looks like the Ricoh’s supported, the driver supports Video4Linux 2 API, with a *buntu package and verified working with Kopete! Woot!

]]> By: Quim http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-288 Quim Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:45:27 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-288 I just read your post about your new Sony VAIO SZ, congratulations I'm a very proud owner of a Sony VAIO AR... I want to point you to a WebCam driver that worked for me, I think your webcam model is also supported... Here it is: http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870 I just read your post about your new Sony VAIO SZ, congratulations I’m a very proud owner of a Sony VAIO AR…

I want to point you to a WebCam driver that worked for me, I think your webcam model is also supported… Here it is: http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870

]]> By: jhall http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-287 jhall Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:31:46 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-287 @sinewalker, actually there is a chance I'll be reviewing this model for LJ, in which case the camera is something I'd totally be addressing. The webcam is a ricoh model, Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ca:1835 Ricoh Co., Ltd. @Stregatto, The NVidia binary drivers are quite excellent, but you are right that they churn a little battery. Since this laptop has both Intel and NVidia graphics that you can toggle between I can do a fairly decent test, and I get about 4 hours on the Intel and about 3 on the Nvidia.... but hey, I can play warcraft on the NVidia! @risbac, that's indeed true - but the other OS' don't have some things that Linux has had for years. Nothing is perfect, but I'm excited at any progress toward it. @sinewalker, actually there is a chance I’ll be reviewing this model for LJ, in which case the camera is something I’d totally be addressing. The webcam is a ricoh model, Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ca:1835 Ricoh Co., Ltd.

@Stregatto, The NVidia binary drivers are quite excellent, but you are right that they churn a little battery. Since this laptop has both Intel and NVidia graphics that you can toggle between I can do a fairly decent test, and I get about 4 hours on the Intel and about 3 on the Nvidia…. but hey, I can play warcraft on the NVidia!

@risbac, that’s indeed true - but the other OS’ don’t have some things that Linux has had for years. Nothing is perfect, but I’m excited at any progress toward it.

]]> By: sinewalker http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-278 sinewalker Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:06:29 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-278 Hey this is cool, I like the brushed metal facing too. So does the camera work too? I'm shopping for a notebook, would be nice if the camera could be made to work with Kopete (my mum is nagging me about video conferencing for the new bub...). I know you won't have time to do a full review, but can you do a quick lsusb to find the camera's chipset? Couldn't find this detail from Sony's web site Hey this is cool, I like the brushed metal facing too.

So does the camera work too? I’m shopping for a notebook, would be nice if the camera could be made to work with Kopete (my mum is nagging me about video conferencing for the new bub…).

I know you won’t have time to do a full review, but can you do a quick lsusb to find the camera’s chipset? Couldn’t find this detail from Sony’s web site

]]> By: Stregatto http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-275 Stregatto Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:03:03 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-275 Yup, everything-Intel (or almost so) is a very good choice for getting a laptop that will work very well with Linux, and it is exactly the same thing that i did :) The very hard choice for was between an intel video card, not very fast but with quite good and opensource drivers and a fast nvidia one with state-of-the-art binary drivers, and that would probably eat more battery though. At the end I went for Intel, and i was quite pleased to have and everthing-FOSS laptop, but now i'm missing OpenGL2-enabled drivers a bit :) Yup, everything-Intel (or almost so) is a very good choice for getting a laptop that will work very well with Linux, and it is exactly the same thing that i did :)
The very hard choice for was between an intel video card, not very fast but with quite good and opensource drivers and a fast nvidia one with state-of-the-art binary drivers, and that would probably eat more battery though.
At the end I went for Intel, and i was quite pleased to have and everthing-FOSS laptop, but now i’m missing OpenGL2-enabled drivers a bit :)

]]> By: risbac http://canllaith.org/2007/08/13/linux-better-than-sliced-bread/#comment-274 risbac Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:16:17 +0000 http://canllaith.org/?p=42#comment-274 What's a bit sad in my opinion is that we are happy with something than the other big OS have for years... I know it's great to have this working without tweaking the Xorg.conf file and rebooting x times the X server. But thats just something we should have had for years. This is no new exciting technology or features. Just "how it should work". I'm just like you, I enjoy when it's working, but thats not what I'm going to talk about when talking about Linux :) That's usually what I will put in the list of potential problems instead. But it's clearly easier and easier, What’s a bit sad in my opinion is that we are happy with something than the other big OS have for years… I know it’s great to have this working without tweaking the Xorg.conf file and rebooting x times the X server. But thats just something we should have had for years. This is no new exciting technology or features. Just “how it should work”. I’m just like you, I enjoy when it’s working, but thats not what I’m going to talk about when talking about Linux :) That’s usually what I will put in the list of potential problems instead. But it’s clearly easier and easier,

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