[opensuse] I see a crack in the walls!
I put in a $20,000 line item in my budget for fiscal year 2007/2008 - starting in July - for four notebooks for me and my staff. I was told today that I need to spend the money by the end of this month, in order to re-adjust the funds (or some sort of thing) for this year. Okay, so IOTW, I must spend $20K now for notebooks. Well....if I HAVE to.... In any case, I first go to the HP site and click on the enterpise business notebooks. Look what I see: HP Compaq nw9440 Mobile Workstation Operating Systems -Genuine Windows Vista™ Business 32 -Genuine Windows® XP Professional SP2 -Genuine Windows® 2000 -FreeDOS -SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 -Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP3 certified w00t! That doesn't mean that I can yet BUY the notebook with SUSE but at least they mention it. That is a good thing (tm) in my book. -- k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 22 March 2007 13:47, Kai Ponte wrote:
I put in a $20,000 line item in my budget for fiscal year 2007/2008 - starting in July - for four notebooks for me and my staff. I was told today that I need to spend the money by the end of this month, in order to re-adjust the funds (or some sort of thing) for this year.
Okay, so IOTW, I must spend $20K now for notebooks.
Well....if I HAVE to....
In any case, I first go to the HP site and click on the enterpise business notebooks. Look what I see:
HP Compaq nw9440 Mobile Workstation
Hmm, what's the battery life?
Operating Systems
-Genuine Windows Vista™ Business 32 -Genuine Windows® XP Professional SP2 -Genuine Windows® 2000 -FreeDOS -SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 -Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP3 certified
w00t! That doesn't mean that I can yet BUY the notebook with SUSE but at least they mention it.
Personably, I'm rather partial to Thinkpads;-) IBM has supported Linux on some Thinkpads for years, and I think the Chinese crew's following suit. I recently bought a used R40 2722-GDM (near the top of the R40s I think, with 1 1440x1050 low-gloss screen. I hate glossy screens, I thought they were a bad idea when IBM introduced them for the IBM PC (the CGA monitor), and I still think so. Also, while widescreens might be good for watching videos, that's not what I want to do. Reputedly the T series have better Linux compatibility. The only problems I have are Wireless (Atheros, requires third-party mostly OSS driver), and I'm not sure whether the modem works, though Google thinks it does. Toshiba actively supports Linux on its hardware too, but it's a little quieter about it. One of the nicer things about the Thinkpads is their Ultrabay: one can hot-remove the Optical drive and replace it with something else, a battery, a second disk drive.... Oh, _my_ R40 has the Ultranav thing, a "joystick" thing in the middle of the keyboard that one can lean on to move the mouse cursor plus three mouse buttons, all functioning under Linux. There's also the usual touchpad, with two buttons and scrolling and clicking gestures. -- Cheers John Summerfield -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 22 March 2007 00:07, John Summerfield wrote:
Personably, I'm rather partial to Thinkpads;-) IBM has supported Linux on some Thinkpads for years, I have no love lost on IBM... but I have to agree with John that the ThinkPad is the way to go... if you have the money... they are pricy... but they are Linux friendly, and they are built to last--- I am on year six with my R30. I've replaced the battery twice, and I've (personally) replaced the CCFL lamp in the display once (it lasted five years... about average really). I have had every RH version from 5.2 to 7.3 installed on it... and I have had Suse 9.0, 9.2, 9.3, and now 10.0 installed on it.
I also have the tiny joy-stick-thing on my R30 and I love it... far superior to the touch pad mouser. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John Summerfield wrote:
Personably, I'm rather partial to Thinkpads;-) IBM has supported Linux on some Thinkpads for years, and I think the Chinese crew's following suit.
I recently bought a used R40 2722-GDM (near the top of the R40s I think, with 1 1440x1050 low-gloss screen. I hate glossy screens, I thought they were a bad idea when IBM introduced them for the IBM PC (the CGA monitor), and I still think so. Also, while widescreens might be good for watching videos, that's not what I want to do.
Reputedly the T series have better Linux compatibility. The only problems I have are Wireless (Atheros, requires third-party mostly OSS driver), and I'm not sure whether the modem works, though Google thinks it does.
I'm a very satisfied T user for several years; first with the T21, now T41, and about to upgrade to T60. These are great systems that are built to last. Heck, my first Thinkpad from 1996 or so (701 CS, a.k.a. the butterfly) is still running, and Linux for that! (Though no current SUSE, that's too large for it.) The only time that a Thinkpad gave up was after a multi-hour travel on a gravel road in the Little Karoo (half desert), South Africa, when it got loose and hopped around in the car trunk without me noticing. Well, but that ain't too bad. ;-) And IBM's service has been great, too. We had two service cases in the last ten years (for 10 Thinkpads), and they got repaired real fast and without any problems. I should note that we have an enhanced service contract (next day on-site), as is usual and sensible for business systems. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:07:36 pm John Summerfield wrote:
w00t! That doesn't mean that I can yet BUY the notebook with SUSE but at least they mention it.
Personably, I'm rather partial to Thinkpads;-) IBM has supported Linux on some Thinkpads for years, and I think the Chinese crew's following suit.
Okay, thanks to you, Joachim, James and M. I'll take a look. I'm not sure I "can" buy IBM, but I'll research them. (We have agreements with various vendors, and I'm not sure one of them is IBM.)
I recently bought a used R40 2722-GDM (near the top of the R40s I think, with 1 1440x1050 low-gloss screen. I hate glossy screens, I thought they were a bad idea when IBM introduced them for the IBM PC (the CGA monitor), and I still think so. Also, while widescreens might be good for watching videos, that's not what I want to do.
Believe it or not, I need the widescreen for work. :P Seriously, our app is written with at least 1280x1024 screens in mind. Almost everyone - except for about 50 people using the touch screens - has 24" LCD widescreen monitors. Here are screens in full resolution. They don't load on my current laptop. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/lacrr/era_test_cashier_lg.jpg http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/lacrr/era_20071207.jpg Though we won't be watching movies - much - we will be utilizing widescreens. I *promise* not to load the full DVD version of Kaffeine/Xine on the systems. :P
Reputedly the T series have better Linux compatibility. The only problems I have are Wireless (Atheros, requires third-party mostly OSS driver), and I'm not sure whether the modem works, though Google thinks it does.
Modem? Oh - I remember those! Yeah. Honestly, I haven't used one in over five years. Do they come faster than 300 baud these days? Can I put my cordless phone into the acoustic coupler?
Toshiba actively supports Linux on its hardware too, but it's a little quieter about it.
Well, they must be! I hadn't even heard.
One of the nicer things about the Thinkpads is their Ultrabay: one can hot-remove the Optical drive and replace it with something else, a battery, a second disk drive....
Oh, _my_ R40 has the Ultranav thing, a "joystick" thing in the middle of the keyboard that one can lean on to move the mouse cursor plus three mouse buttons, all functioning under Linux. There's also the usual touchpad, with two buttons and scrolling and clicking gestures.
Ahh, the eraser. I had a DX/120 thinkpad way back when with the eraser. Very interesting. It was right before I got by blazingly fast P133 Fujitsu, on which I immediately loaded Mandrake. I just looked and they seem interesting - about $1000 less than a comparable HP. I wonder why. They do have one thing I was thinking of - a fingerprint reader. That might not be a bad idea. I wonder if there's a SUSE driver for such a thing. HOWEVER I do not see a choice of loading anything but Wintendo. :( I'll be sure and fire off an email right now... -- kai -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
I put in a $20,000 line item in my budget for fiscal year 2007/2008 - starting in July - for four notebooks for me and my staff. I was told today that I need to spend the money by the end of this month, in order to re-adjust the funds (or some sort of thing) for this year.
Okay, so IOTW, I must spend $20K now for notebooks.
I'll take one. ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 22 March 2007 12:47:54 am Kai Ponte wrote:
Operating Systems
-Genuine Windows Vista™ Business 32 -Genuine Windows® XP Professional SP2 -Genuine Windows® 2000 -FreeDOS -SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 -Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP3 certified
w00t! That doesn't mean that I can yet BUY the notebook with SUSE but at least they mention it.
That is a good thing (tm) in my book.
'Sure is! Fred -- Remember, a consumer is a customer with no choice. DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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M Harris