Linux with a VAIO CS series

Hey people,

I'm buying a Sony CS (the new sonys all colorfull) and would like to know if Linux presents any problems with these notebooks?
It is difficult to find benchs about the compatibility details!

Thanks in advance for the help

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nobody knows !? (sorry to update my thread this way, but I really need the info)

 

Hi

I'm going to buy a CS VAIO Laptop too. I've examined the CS series specifictions and its drivers one-by-one in sonystyle site: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...21644586398&parentCategoryId=16154#footNote10
But, still want to hear others experiences.

 

Potential issues: wireless wifi Intel 5100 needs later kernel ...try 2.6.27.... 2.6.28

Motion-eye camera and microphone, fingerprint sensor, maybe modem or it might work

Ask Sony Vaio owners who tried to install Linux. Search the Sony form section?

 

No, Linux should not have any problem (depending on distro). I installed Ubuntu and OPENsuse to try them out and they both work perfectly on the SR. However, one note I might mention is that there is probably no USE for linux other than wasting space. Yeah, they look pretty and yeah they are stable but most programs that I use NEEDS to be runned in windows and the battery life is seriously reduced with Linux. The high switching cost and the battery reduction are all good reasons to stay away from Linux, if you are using linux just for personal enjoyment reasons.

 

Did you measure this? How do you figure?

http://faler.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/laptop-battery-life-linux-wins-over-vista/

 

dude... I installed Linux Ubuntu 8.10 on this laptop (Sony VAIO SR) and it lasted like 2 hours instead of 3 hours on vista. I measured it in REAL life performance, doing the exact samething and both putting maximized battery life options/low brightness etc.

Also note that many users such as myself have posted on forums across the net about poor battery life of Ubuntu 8.10. OpenSUSE didn't do much better either. May be the older linux does better but it is also less up-to-date than current linux versions; nobody wants old school OS.

 

The shorter battery life you observed has nothing to do with Linux per se. In all likelihood it's connected to the graphics card driver that you used.
What kind of graphics did your notebook come with?

With my Vaio SR 21M I get exactly the same battery life with Linux as with Windows Vista. But this required me to install the ATI proprietary driver for my Radeon HD 3470 (the same driver used by Vista).

Both Ubuntu and openSuSe come, by default, with the (open source) radeonhd driver which apparently does not properly support the powersaving features of the GPU.