Hi laptop users, Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list. This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse. It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly? Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
If I was realistic I would use a Dell Inspiron 9100.. I have always bought dell laptops and never had any problems with running *nix on them. If I was dreaming then http://www.go-l.com/laptops/hollywood_gold/features/index.htm Would win hands down ;-) Regards Mark
On Friday 04 June 2004 02:25 am, Mark Evans wrote:
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
If I was realistic I would use a Dell Inspiron 9100.. I have always bought dell laptops and never had any problems with running *nix on them.
If I was dreaming then
http://www.go-l.com/laptops/hollywood_gold/features/index.htm
Would win hands down ;-)
Regards
Mark
This is the most beautiful laptop I've ever seen. Do you know for a fact that it will work with linux? Thanks, Jerome
Am Fr, 2004-06-04 um 14.11 schrieb Johan Sch:
Hi laptop users,
Have a look on www.linux-on-laptops.com
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning
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Hi Johan Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks
These websites should give you a better approach: http://www.tuxmobil.org http://www.linux-laptop.net/ HTH, Martin
I would also go for the Dell option. VERY linux friendly. for a review of all dell laptops and how they behave, there is a yahoo group, linux-on-dell-laptops and perodically there are long threads about it. If linux is the only OS you're gonna be having, you might also even give it a try and ask it without windows (you might save some hundred bucks). People have succeeded in doing this. Sergio On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:11:38PM +0200, Johan Sch said:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning
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Sergio Dominguez wrote:
I would also go for the Dell option. VERY linux friendly.
for a review of all dell laptops and how they behave, there is a yahoo group, linux-on-dell-laptops and perodically there are long threads about it.
If linux is the only OS you're gonna be having, you might also even give it a try and ask it without windows (you might save some hundred bucks). People have succeeded in doing this.
Here's a company that does. They will sell a computer with Linux or without any OS and reduce the price.
James Knott wrote:
Sergio Dominguez wrote:
I would also go for the Dell option. VERY linux friendly. for a review of all dell laptops and how they behave, there is a yahoo group, linux-on-dell-laptops and perodically there are long threads about it.
If linux is the only OS you're gonna be having, you might also even give it a try and ask it without windows (you might save some hundred bucks). People have succeeded in doing this.
Here's a company that does. They will sell a computer with Linux or without any OS and reduce the price.
Hmmm... Looks like I forgot something. ;-) http://www.angelcomputer.com
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If linux is the only OS you're gonna be having, you might also even give it a try and ask it without windows (you might save some hundred bucks). People have succeeded in doing this.
Here's a company that does. They will sell a computer with Linux or without any OS and reduce the price.
Hmmm... Looks like I forgot something. ;-)
Another company that sells Linux installed computers is Los Alamos Computers. I've bought from them and they're very good to do business with. Here's their URL: http://www.laclinux.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAwQf0jeziQOokQnARAtlHAJ9939SIXbYUm8aakaJnN5O4btrFNACfeKtV B3cZszkfIqkAaZykjXu8Q3c= =BTCB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks
I got my laptop from http://www.powernotebooks.com/ and have been pleased with it. I'm running SuSE 9.0 Professional. -- Hugh mailto: hrtlist@cpia.jhu.edu
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 05:11, Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
I love my IBM Thinkpad X31. It does very well with SuSE 9.1 on it. The only thing I haven't tried is the modem because I don't need it. I also haven't messed around playing dvd's on the system. Otherwise, even the built-in IBM 802.11/a/b/g wireless Just Worked. We're also thinking about getting some Compaq 1000's (something like that) for a laptop program at my kid's school and we're going to try SuSE 9.1 on them, too. Can't give you first-hand info on those yet. I love my Thinkpad. Malke -- "And that's how we learned our lesson!" - Bender
On Friday 04 June 2004 09:47, Malke Routh wrote:
On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 05:11, Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
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We're also thinking about getting some Compaq 1000's (something like that) for a laptop program at my kid's school and we're going to try SuSE 9.1 on them, too. Can't give you first-hand info on those yet.
I love my Thinkpad.
Malke -- I had a Compaq desktop machine at work. (I've been retired for the last year.) What a junker! Not enough slots, and it would not let me have 2 hard drives and a CD, no matter how I tried. (I wanted to put Linux on the second hd.) They could almost not give me one.
--doug
Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks
IBMs are good with Linux. I have a ThinkPad R31, which works well with Suse 9.0 and previously with Red Hat 7.3. IBM even has a list of Linux certified systems.
On Friday 04 June 2004 07:11 am, Johan Sch wrote:
Hi laptop users,
Please .. if you should have the chance to a buy a new laptop..what make..model..etc..would be top of your list.
This is for linux use..like mandrake..suse.
It was suggested to me that IBM laptops are ..very.. linux friendly?
Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning
Before you go buying any laptop, google on complaints <company> You will be surprised what you see on some of the major sellers/manufacturers. Service seems to either be great or frighteningly dismal. Be especially wary of their Customer Satisfaction warranties. They can be very limited in scope and time. I recently bought a low end model from one of the leaders and although it ran SuSE9.1 better than xp, I had a helluva time with tech support and customer service trying to resolve a dead unit 3 weeks after I received it. If they follow through and actually send me another new unit, I may have nice things to say about them, but talking to 9 or 10 people around the world in almost 3 hours on the phone is a bit trying. Outsourcing Tech/Customer Support really sucks big time. Caveat Emptor ra
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