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

[august]

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 but I might be outdated in this evaluation.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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> >
> >
> >
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