Compaq Presario laptop with
Processor: AMD Turion 64 bit, 2.0 GHz, 512 KB cache
Nvidia GeForce 6150 on board graphics card
512 MB RAM
DVD writer
80 GB SATA HDD
integrated SD/MMC card reader
integrated WiFi, LAN 100Mbps
OS: Xubuntu Feisty fawn 7.04 64 bit AMD dual boot with Windows XP
I had problems installing the standard Ubuntu 64 bit ( the installer seemed to hang while partitioning the drives), but the Xubuntu installer worked flawlessly. it detects most of my harware automatically, even the card reader! However there are some issues:
1. The laptop function keys do not work. I guess other laptop users face a similar problem.. it's been reported
2. laptop screen brightness cannot be adjusted. smartdimmer doesn't work... gives "init_nvclock() failed!" message.
3. hibernate is quite slow .... as compared to windows XP. switch user tends to hang sometimes
4.nvidia driver doesn't get installed; i still have to use the Nv driver (tried apt-get)
Otherwise, it's been a welcome change from XP, much faster! (except for the internet speed)
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