Comment Re:It's not new (Score 1) 392
Amen! EmperorLinux rocks. It's sad that "normal customers" won't go to smaller places to get Linux laptops. My latest purchase of a Linux laptop shows why...
I'm happily typing this on my new EmperorLinux IBM 42p that shipped the day after I paid for it and arrived the day following. I asked them to bump up the RAM, got a different hard disk (7200rpm instead of the normal 4200), and got a CD/DVD-RW instead of the DVD-R CD-RW, all of which they did without blinking. They custom compiled the kernel for optimization of size and speed and to support the hardware. Everything works great -- wireless, sleep/suspend 3D graphics card, even bluetooth, for crying out loud!
Though I think it's great that HP is beginning to support Linux, they couldn't begin to touch the kind of service and options I got from a smaller place. They even had the patience to enthusiastically teach me a few things about the wireless setup on the machine. Now get on the phone with HP customer support ask about wlan-ng configurations and I'll bet you $20 you'll hear nothing but crickets for a long while.
I'm happily typing this on my new EmperorLinux IBM 42p that shipped the day after I paid for it and arrived the day following. I asked them to bump up the RAM, got a different hard disk (7200rpm instead of the normal 4200), and got a CD/DVD-RW instead of the DVD-R CD-RW, all of which they did without blinking. They custom compiled the kernel for optimization of size and speed and to support the hardware. Everything works great -- wireless, sleep/suspend 3D graphics card, even bluetooth, for crying out loud!
Though I think it's great that HP is beginning to support Linux, they couldn't begin to touch the kind of service and options I got from a smaller place. They even had the patience to enthusiastically teach me a few things about the wireless setup on the machine. Now get on the phone with HP customer support ask about wlan-ng configurations and I'll bet you $20 you'll hear nothing but crickets for a long while.
