[PD-ot] subnotebook/netbook w/ linux 4 electronic music?

[Michael Zacherl.]

Hallo August,
the U350 looks interesting but is too big to my taste.
However this product line is worth a look anyway!
Good to have a reference!
Thanks, Michael.

On 27.8.2011, at 01:35 , august wrote:

> 
> I have an ideapad  u350 and can report it works great with the latest
> Ubuntu.  Everything that I have used, including wireless, opengl, HDMI
> output, work out of the box without having to fiddle with drivers.
> 
> The VGA out will also drive a high resolution screen.
> 
> There was a problem with audio at one point about a year ago, but that
> has been fixed.
> 
> With the extended battery, it also goes for 9 hours before re-juicing.
> 
> I haven't tried the express slot, but I imagine it works.
> 
> -august.
> 
>> I don't have a netbook, but I would be buying one at some point as
>> well, when my 7-year-old thinkpad dies. I've done some basic
>> research on this. I'm a fan of IBM/Lenovo, anyway. A friend of mine
>> has an ideapad running Xp + ubuntu + hackintosh, everything ok.
>> I guess that lenovo + asus have the best support for non-windows,
>> but I might be outdated in this evaluation.
>> 
>> Did you consider using RME audio, like Multiface+Expresscard?
>> Expensive, but very good. At least the pcmcia card worked out of the
>> box with ubuntu, haven't heard any reports on the expresscard.
>> 
>> With base models of netbooks you might get the normal 1 Core,
>> 1,6Ghz, 1Gb RAM, normal graphics. With expanded models, you can get
>> more cores+speed+ram, and better graphics cards. At a price, of
>> course.
>> 
>> João
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> in Weimar and Berlin I noticed quite a few people are using small
>>> laptops/netbooks.
>>> 
>>> I'm in the market for a netbook now and want to run linux w/ the
>>> usual suspects for experimental electronic music (Pure Data, SC,
>>> Ardour, Processing etc.)
>>> Softwarewise Im currently looking at pure:dyne as the operating system.
>>> But I'm open to suggestions.
>>> 
>>> What would you recommend for the hardware?
>>> Last time I checked some products was in 2009.
>>> I suppose battery life has improved, CPUs became a tad faster and
>>> linux runs a bit smoother on such a thing.
>>> What I really barely can cope with is the glossy screens, but I'm
>>> afraid there's no way around it.
>>> I'm planning to connect a USB-audio interface, so Firewire is not
>>> an issue (which Jack has troubles with, IIRC).
>>> Very nice to have would be a built in modem w/ Sim-card slot for
>>> mobile data transfer. (Linux supported of course).
>>> 
>>> What would you suggest?
>>> Thanks a lot,  Michael.
>>> 



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