jdd sur free wrote:
Terje J. Hanssen a écrit :
1) Suggestions to "state of the art" powerful, multimedia laptop models or mobile, graphical workstations suited for Suse Linux 9.3 Pro?
now, think SUSE 10.0 and go to opensuse.org, there is a list of conpatible HW
James Knott wrote:
ThinkPads tend to be good. I have an R31 that works well. Also, I recently read that HP is selling some Linux loaded notebooks in Africa, so they're likely OK with Linux too.
Kevanf1 wrote:
I'll second that from James. HP are running a range of laptops preconfigured with Linux (not SuSE though, Ubuntu) in the UK market so they are probably worldwide.
Thanks for the suggestions! I searched the Opensuse Linux 10 HCL/Laptops list at http://www.opensuse.org/HCL/Laptops but could not find anything about the two highend mobile workstations that initial looked interesting from * Dell Precision M70 * Fujitsu Siemens Celsius H230 Neither a serach on Suse Portal HCL or on Novell Sertified had some information. Maybe this hardware model are too new? This surprise me, because at least Fujitsu Siemens tells in their "Insight" paper that they "early defined Linux (beside Windows and Solaris), as one of their strategic operating system, like no other vendor in Europe. Celsius workstations (like Lifebook Notebooks and Scenic PCs) are ready for use under Linux". In the datasheet for Celsius H230 both Redhat and Novell Linux is listed among the OS (certification on request). I also looked for IBM Thinkpad T42p and T43P, which according to the HCL lists above should run Linux ok. The highend TP43p is without doubt very powerful, but also (too) high priced; about twice the price or more than for the above mentioned Dell M70 and FSC H230. And from the technical specifications I am not sure if T43p really is better or not? Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen
On Sunday 18 September 2005 10:11, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
I also looked for IBM Thinkpad T42p and T43P, which according to the HCL lists above should run Linux ok. The highend TP43p is without doubt very powerful, but also (too) high priced; about twice the price or more than for the above mentioned Dell M70 and FSC H230. And from the technical specifications I am not sure if T43p really is better or not?
IBM Thinkpads tend to be much higher priced then a lot of the other name brand machines, such as HP, Toshiba, Dell, etc. In the case of IBM hardware, you get what you pay for. In my experience, IBM's hardware is the best. No doubt. If you can afford it, buy IBM. -- Christopher Shanahan
On 18/09/05, Christopher Shanahan <cshanahan@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 18 September 2005 10:11, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
I also looked for IBM Thinkpad T42p and T43P, which according to the HCL lists above should run Linux ok. The highend TP43p is without doubt very powerful, but also (too) high priced; about twice the price or more than for the above mentioned Dell M70 and FSC H230. And from the technical specifications I am not sure if T43p really is better or not?
IBM Thinkpads tend to be much higher priced then a lot of the other name brand machines, such as HP, Toshiba, Dell, etc. In the case of IBM hardware, you get what you pay for. In my experience, IBM's hardware is the best. No doubt. If you can afford it, buy IBM.
-- Christopher Shanahan
I've just looked in the latest leaflet from HP (it came in the latest issue of Linux Magazine). It has a HP Compaq nx6110 notebook that is claimed as Linux ready. It apparently ships with FreeDOS (why?) but it says "your reseller can provide you with the Ubuntu CD which enables all tools like wireless and battery safe mode with Ubuntu Linux". Now in the UK a claim like that must stand up legally without any fudging. Our consumer laws are pretty strict. The part number is listed as: PY511EA with a price of UK£ 599.00 exclusive of VAT. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
On Sunday 18 September 2005 07:11, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
jdd sur free wrote:
Terje J. Hanssen a écrit :
1) Suggestions to "state of the art" powerful, multimedia laptop models or mobile, graphical workstations suited for Suse Linux 9.3 Pro?
now, think SUSE 10.0 and go to opensuse.org, there is a list of conpatible HW
James Knott wrote:
ThinkPads tend to be good. I have an R31 that works well. Also, I recently read that HP is selling some Linux loaded notebooks in Africa, so they're likely OK with Linux too.
Kevanf1 wrote:
I'll second that from James. HP are running a range of laptops preconfigured with Linux (not SuSE though, Ubuntu) in the UK market so they are probably worldwide.
Thanks for the suggestions!
I searched the Opensuse Linux 10 HCL/Laptops list at http://www.opensuse.org/HCL/Laptops
Though I am not running a "high-end" laptop, I've been very satisfied with 9.3 under my Dell Inspiron. It loaded up without an issue and all functionality has been as expected. Very little "tweaking" has been necessary. My only gotchas have been (a) the ATI card, which I had to wrangle a bit to get 3d working and (b) the wireless card (Intell Pro Wireless 2000bg) which works great when it is on, but I can't seem to configure it to auto connect to my (WPE) wireless network by default. (This may be an issue with me and not the network.) Dell Europe is now selling laptops pre-configured with Mandrake, which tells me they'd be ready to switch to SuSE. My only concern for you is you mentioned CAD. Which type of CAD do you work with? Do you require AutoCAD 2005/6? Can you use *.dxf files or do you need the *.dwg files? QCad can only open the exchange (*.dxf) files. Between the *.dwg files (which my company uses) and MS Project files, I have to be sure to keep downgrading to XP once in a while, since I cannot get AutoCAD working under Wine/Crossover. -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 04:46 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
Though I am not running a "high-end" laptop, I've been very satisfied with 9.3 under my Dell Inspiron. Which model is this? I'm eyeing an Inspiron 6000. If only I can find a buyer for my old Compaq for a reasonable price...
Thanks Hans
On Monday 19 September 2005 05:33, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 04:46 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
Though I am not running a "high-end" laptop, I've been very satisfied with 9.3 under my Dell Inspiron.
Which model is this? I'm eyeing an Inspiron 6000. If only I can find a buyer for my old Compaq for a reasonable price...
Hans: It is an Inspiron 600m. It only cost US $1600, so it isn't very high end. My only options were to make it with 1GB RAM and a DVD RW. -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
Mates I have been very pleased with my toshiba P35-629. 17" screen. 1440x900 res. P4 3.33G. 512M and 100G. DVDRW. ieee1394. Integrated Atheros 802.11G. Integrated NIC and Modem. Only issue is ndiswrapper is still required for the wireless. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kai Ponte" <kai@perfectreign.com> To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Cc: "Hans du Plooy" <hansdp-lists@sagacit.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Workstation laptop suggestions
On Monday 19 September 2005 05:33, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 04:46 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
Though I am not running a "high-end" laptop, I've been very satisfied with 9.3 under my Dell Inspiron.
Which model is this? I'm eyeing an Inspiron 6000. If only I can find a buyer for my old Compaq for a reasonable price...
Hans:
It is an Inspiron 600m. It only cost US $1600, so it isn't very high end. My only options were to make it with 1GB RAM and a DVD RW.
-- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com
linux - genuine windows replacement part
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On Tuesday 20 September 2005 20:58, david rankin wrote:
Mates
I have been very pleased with my toshiba P35-629. 17" screen. 1440x900 res. P4 3.33G. 512M and 100G. DVDRW. ieee1394. Integrated Atheros 802.11G. Integrated NIC and Modem. Only issue is ndiswrapper is still required for the wireless.
Intel 2000bg here - no nndiswrapper needed. :) -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
On 21/09/05, Kai Ponte <kai@perfectreign.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 20:58, david rankin wrote:
Mates
I have been very pleased with my toshiba P35-629. 17" screen. 1440x900 res. P4 3.33G. 512M and 100G. DVDRW. ieee1394. Integrated Atheros 802.11G. Integrated NIC and Modem. Only issue is ndiswrapper is still required for the wireless.
Intel 2000bg here - no nndiswrapper needed. :)
Apparently Dell are shipping a range of laptops/notebooks with Mandriva ready installed. So, SuSE ought to run on them. I think they are only in the French market at the moment but they are planning to roll them out to a wider market anytime now. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
Try www.eracks.com they have a few models of laptop. Pick your distro. CWSIV
Hello! On 9/18/05, Terje J. Hanssen <nteknikk@monet.no> wrote:
I searched the Opensuse Linux 10 HCL/Laptops list at http://www.opensuse.org/HCL/Laptops but could not find anything about the two highend mobile workstations that initial looked interesting from * Dell Precision M70 * Fujitsu Siemens Celsius H230 Neither a serach on Suse Portal HCL or on Novell Sertified had some information. Maybe this hardware model are too new?
This surprise me, because at least Fujitsu Siemens tells in their "Insight" paper that they "early defined Linux (beside Windows and Solaris), as one of their strategic operating system, like no other vendor in Europe. Celsius workstations (like Lifebook Notebooks and Scenic PCs) are ready for use under Linux". In the datasheet for Celsius H230 both Redhat and Novell Linux is listed among the OS (certification on request).
I have the H230 and as laptop is just great. But I run WindowsXP on it. Previously I had the Celsius Mobile H (Pentium 4) and that was clearly a very badly designed laptop from the technical point of view (it was designed for Pentium 3 and could not handle P4) - although otherwise it was the best design I've ever seen (much better than Apples for instance!). At that time Fujitsu-Siemens had a certification for SuSE. And live-eval CD's worked just fine on it. Now the H230 - which is a completely different computer - did not run SuSE 9.3 live eval. I was hoping it would. So I do not know what the "certification on request" means. The problem was the display adapter. Everything else worked, but all the colors were always wrong. I got the kind of effect where you have a limited colormap which is sifted or suffled somehow. So, you need to check the situation on the display drivers beforehand.... (and if I remember correctly, doesn't M70 have the same display adapter?) -- HG.
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