Linux compatability of a couple of laptops?

[William Muriithi]

Hi
>
> 1) An ASUS machine (AMD)
>
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_367&item_id=046492
>
I own the above netbook and run Ubuntu 12.04 on it. Everything run fine.
Use it mainly to respond to nagios calls but would be fine as my main
laptop as I don't game.

Only problem I had with it was it has issues hibernating. There is a work
around and its possible they actually fix the problem. Will check tomorrow.

It do struggle playing music too... music videos. That's in full screen
mode. I bet most netbook has this issue. I opted for it as it was better
than most atom based netbook without being too expensive. If a netbook is
more than 500 dollars, I would start thinking of a laptop. That's all the
beef I have with it.

> 2) An Acer machine (Intel with HM77 Express chipset)
> www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_367&item_id=054900
>
>   Any linux compatability gotcha's?  The Intel video driver appears to
> be open source
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_hd4000_linux37&num=1
> but the AMD appears to be proprietary.  The Intel has twice the ram and
> a larger hard drive.  Any comments/experiences?
>
AMD does work with open source driver but do agree Intel offer better
support.
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William
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