My New Laptop works - Whoopee!

[The Liquidator]

Hi I know this may be the wrong place to post this (should be hardware I know but I'm using 13.04 and there's no such heading).

I've just taken delivery of this laptop:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoostorm-787...oostorm+laptop

Installed kubuntu 13.04 beta 2 on it. The realtek wireless card is supported OOTB by the 3.8 kernel (but not earlier ones- the ubuntu forums indicate that users of 12.10 and below have to get drivers off the 'net for it). Webcam fine, the card reader works with SD cards (although I haven't tried it with more exotic card types). Suspend works OOTB and once I had enabled hibernation (why on earth do Canonical fail to enable it by default?) that does too.

So, at last a laptop where, for me, everything works!

[dmeyer]

Hi I know this may be the wrong place to post this (should be hardware I know but I'm using 13.04 and there's no such heading).

I've just taken delivery of this laptop:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoostorm-787...oostorm+laptop

Installed kubuntu 13.04 beta 2 on it. The realtek wireless card is supported OOTB by the 3.8 kernel (but not earlier ones- the ubuntu forums indicate that users of 12.10 and below have to get drivers off the 'net for it). Webcam fine, the card reader works with SD cards (although I haven't tried it with more exotic card types). Suspend works OOTB and once I had enabled hibernation (why on earth do Canonical fail to enable it by default?) that does too.

So, at last a laptop where, for me, everything works!

When was the last time you installed Linux on a computer? Nowadays it works out of the box on 90% of machines with no hassle. Nonetheless, Hibernation? Seriously? Who uses that on a laptop? Suspend is so much faster and on modern machines the stand-by time is incredible. Same story with Swap? Most people shouldn't bother having any. P.S. Linux has a kickass hybrid suspend/hibernate option nowadays that might be a worthwhile look.

[The Liquidator]

@dmeyer

I have used nothing but Linux since the launch of Mandrake 9.1, exclusively on laptops, the newest of which was a (now) old Dell Inspiron 630m Centrino Laptop. None of them would wake from suspend - any attempt to do so with the Dell invariably required the raising of the skinny elephant so hey, I've got real progress here

It's also worth pointing out that I researched quite a bit before I bought it. Had I not done so, I would probably have installed 12.10 and found non-working wireless, as numerous others are reporting on the ubuntu forum. Quite a basic issue for a laptop which nearly made me look elsewhere. However, because I found out there was support in the 3.8 kernel I installed the 13.04 beta and wireless worked out of the box. So whilst agreeing with you that things have got much better, there was still an element of me having to make it work. I'm interested in the hybrid option you refer to. I've run the command posted at askubuntu that says hybrid suspend is supported by the system. Any tips on enabling it, or is it default now?

@teunis. Would appreciate some tips on enabling on the disk shock protection as it does seem useful to have, especially if one is suspending rather than hibernating.