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+               <title>How to test if a laptop is working with Linux</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_test_if_a_laptop_is_working_with_Linux.html</link>
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+                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>
+&lt;p&gt;The last few days I have spent at work here at the &lt;a
+href=&quot;http://www.uio.no/&quot;&gt;University of oslo&lt;/a&gt; testing if the new
+batch of computers will work with Linux.  Every year for the last few
+years the university have organized shared bid of a few thousand
+computers, and this year HP won the bid.  Two different desktops and
+five different laptops are on the list this year.  We in the UNIX
+group want to know which one of these computers work well with RHEL
+and Ubuntu, the two Linux distributions we currently handle at the
+university.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;My test method is simple, and I share it here to get feedback and
+perhaps inspire others to test hardware as well.  To test, I PXE
+install the OS version of choice, and log in as my normal user and run
+a few applications and plug in selected pieces of hardware.  When
+something fail, I make a note about this in the test matrix and move
+on.  If I have some spare time I try to report the bug to the OS
+vendor, but as I only have the machines for a short time, I rarely
+have the time to do this for all the problems I find.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Anyway, to get to the point of this post.  Here is the simple tests
+I perform on a new model.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;ul&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is PXE installation working?  I&#39;m testing with RHEL6, Ubuntu Lucid
+and Ubuntu Maverik at the moment.  If I feel like it, I also test with
+RHEL5 and Debian Edu/Squeeze.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is X.org working?  If the graphical login screen show up after
+installation, X.org is working.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is hardware accelerated OpenGL working?  Running glxgears (in
+package mesa-utils on Ubuntu) and writing down the frames per second
+reported by the program.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is sound working?  With Gnome and KDE, a sound is played when
+logging in, and if I can hear this the test is successful.  If there
+are several audio exits on the machine, I try them all and check if
+the Gnome/KDE audio mixer can control where to send the sound.  I
+normally test this by playing
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20101012-chef/ &quot;&gt;a HTML5
+video&lt;/a&gt; in Firefox/Iceweasel.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is the USB subsystem working?  I test this by plugging in a USB
+memory stick and see if Gnome/KDE notices this.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is the CD/DVD player working?  I test this by inserting any CD/DVD
+I have lying around, and see if Gnome/KDE notices this.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is any built in camera working?  Test using cheese, and see if a
+picture from the v4l device show up.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Is bluetooth working?  Use the Gnome/KDE browsing tool to see if
+any bluetooth devices are discovered.  In my office, I normally see a
+few.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;For laptops, is the SD or Compaq Flash reader working.  I have
+memory modules lying around, and stick them in and see if Gnome/KDE
+notice this.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;For laptops, is suspecd/hibernate working?  I&#39;m testing if the
+special button work, and if the laptop continue to work after
+resume.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;For laptops, is the extra buttons working, like audio level,
+adjusting background light, switching on/off external video output,
+switching on/off wifi, bluetooth, etc?  The set of buttons differ from
+laptop to laptop, so I just write down which are working and which are
+not.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Some laptops have smart card readers, finger print readers,
+acceleration sensors etc.  I rarely test these, as I do not know how
+to quickly test if they are working or not, so I only document their
+existence.&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;By now I suspect you are really curious what the test results are
+for the HP machines I am testing.  I&#39;m not done yet, so I will report
+the test results later.  For now I can report that HP 8100 Elite work
+fine, and hibernation fail with HP EliteBook 8440p on Ubuntu Lucid,
+and audio fail on RHEL6.  Ubuntu Maverik worked with 8440p.  As you
+can see, I have most machines left to test.  One interesting
+observation is that Ubuntu Lucid has almost twice the framerate than
+RHEL6 with glxgears.  No idea why.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Some thoughts on BitCoins</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Some_thoughts_on_BitCoins.html</link>
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                <title>Some thoughts on BitCoins</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Some_thoughts_on_BitCoins.html</link>


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-               <title>Now accepting bitcoins - anonymous and distributed p2p crypto-money</title>
-               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Now_accepting_bitcoins___anonymous_and_distributed_p2p_crypto_money.html</link>
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-                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
-               <description>
-&lt;p&gt;With this weeks lawless
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/06/wikileaks/index.html&quot;&gt;governmental
-attacks&lt;/a&gt; on Wikileak and
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/12/06/war_on_speech&quot;&gt;free
-speech&lt;/a&gt;, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can
-not be trusted to handle money transactions.
-A blog post from
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://webmink.com/2010/12/06/now-accepting-bitcoin/&quot;&gt;Simon
-Phipps on bitcoin&lt;/a&gt; reminded me about a project that a friend of
-mine mentioned earlier.  I decided to follow Simon&#39;s example, and get
-involved with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitcoin.org/&quot;&gt;BitCoin&lt;/a&gt;.  I got
-some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me
-some bitcoins to get started.  I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon
-for helping me remember BitCoin.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder?  It is a digital
-crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer
-networks.  It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central
-control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments
-and companies alike to block donations and other transactions.  The
-source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets 2.9
-for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command
-line client builds just fine.  Hopefully Jonas
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.debian.org/578157&quot;&gt;will get the package into
-Debian&lt;/a&gt; soon.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR.
-There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitcoin.org/trade&quot;&gt;companies accepting
-bitcoins&lt;/a&gt; when selling services and goods, and there are even
-currency &quot;stock&quot; markets where the exchange rate is decided.  There
-are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising.  If you
-want to get started and lack a friend with any bitcoins to spare,
-you can even get
-&lt;a href=&quot;https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/&quot;&gt;some for free&lt;/a&gt; (0.05
-bitcoin at the time of writing).  Use
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/&quot;&gt;BitcoinWatch&lt;/a&gt; to keep an eye
-on the current exchange rates.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my
-machines.  If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin
-donations to the address
-&lt;b&gt;15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b&lt;/b&gt;.  Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Martin Bekkelund: En stille bønn om Datalagringsdirektivet</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Martin_Bekkelund__En_stille_b__nn_om_Datalagringsdirektivet.html</link>
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                <title>Martin Bekkelund: En stille bønn om Datalagringsdirektivet</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Martin_Bekkelund__En_stille_b__nn_om_Datalagringsdirektivet.html</link>