hp w/suse installed

[pardsbane at offthehill.org (Josh Pollak)]

On Aug 5, 2004, at 11:28 AM, Bob Gorman wrote:

> At 10:53 AM 8/5/2004, Dan Barrett wrote:
>
>> Bob Gorman wrote:
>> | I agree, this is cool.  From the news feeds yesterday HP says it has
>> all devices on the notebook working (fully?) under Linux.
>>
>> Nah:
>> "Note for SuSE Linux: MultiBay DVD+RW and Intel PRO wireless not 
>> supported."
>
> Well, at least they tell you before you buy it!

'Not supported' and 'Non-Functional' are two different things however. 
I don't know about the wireless connectivity, but I'd bet the DVD+RW 
works as well as any other DVD burner on linux. They probably just 
aren't willing to implement and guarantee its functionality.