On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:57:26 -0400 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My laptop has a built-in compactflash reader. Never had a > chance to use it, but as far as I can tell Linux sees it, and it has an > mountable icon in Gnome. > > Now, if you get some big-name Dell or HP, with a built-in flash reader, > what do you think your chances are of seeing Linux even be aware that > the bloody thing exists? I've no experience with Dell or HP machines and Linux, but the compactflash reader in my IBM Thinkpad X22 works perfectly in Linux. Don't see why it wouldn't, actually. It's basically just another pcmcia slot. Having said that, this machine does require the ltmodem drivers for the modem to work, but that's not a big deal. If I'd installed Ubuntu instead of Fedora Core 3, I wouldn't have even had to download them. A bigger issue would seem to be 3D support. What modern laptops have good out-of-box 3D support without proprietary dirvers, or are there any? Both newer ATI and NVIDEA chips require proprietary drivers. My current laptop's got an ATI chipset that's old enough to have 3D support in xorg, but that means it ain't no speed demon. :) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Charles Taylor <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> * Chemistry instructor / Mad scientist / Linux enthusiast! -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Web: http://home.mindspring.com/~charletiv/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
