Sunday 13 February 2011

Matthew Garrett: making laptops work with Linux

One of the difficulties in getting Linux to perfectly work on laptops is that there is a lot of legacy from the Windows world in OS - BIOS interaction with APM, then ACPI, then WMI. People like Matthew Garrett are doing a great job in playing catch-up:

http://linuxconfau.blip.tv/file/4719842/