Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access. It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable. TIA, -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
jvollmer@visi.com
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
the IBM ThinkPad A20m configures perfectly out of the box, but is only a Celeron500 - no speed-demon. Hope you can find one. -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 03:34 pm, Jay Vollmer wrote:
jvollmer@visi.com
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
the IBM ThinkPad A20m configures perfectly out of the box, but is only a Celeron500 - no speed-demon.
Hope you can find one.
So does the Thinkpad X30
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Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA, -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent. I like my HP ze5570us... I had problems to begin with but I wonder if part of it was that I was basically unfamiliar w/SuSE. I am currently running SuSE 9 Pro, and the uptime is good. It is active 24/7, and the last time I rebooted was for a setting which required it. Since that, uptime is 'up 6 days 1:23, 4 users' -- ...CH "The more they over-think the plumbing,
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 14:21, Jim Sabatke wrote: the easier it is to stop up the drain." Scotty
C Hamel wrote:
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 14:21, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA, -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
I like my HP ze5570us... I had problems to begin with but I wonder if part of it was that I was basically unfamiliar w/SuSE. I am currently running SuSE 9 Pro, and the uptime is good. It is active 24/7, and the last time I rebooted was for a setting which required it. Since that, uptime is 'up 6 days 1:23, 4 users'
Do you know if HP laptops are generally compatible? Also, does the modem work with 9.0? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:25:44 -0500, Jim Sabatke
C Hamel wrote:
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 14:21, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA, -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
I like my HP ze5570us... I had problems to begin with but I wonder if part of it was that I was basically unfamiliar w/SuSE. I am currently running SuSE 9 Pro, and the uptime is good. It is active 24/7, and the last time I rebooted was for a setting which required it. Since that, uptime is 'up 6 days 1:23, 4 users'
Do you know if HP laptops are generally compatible? Also, does the modem work with 9.0?
-- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
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Look here: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and here: http://tuxmobil.org/index.html You can find instructions for most distros for most models. Hope that helps. Preston
My old IBM Thinkpad i1452 (Celeron 366 with an upgraded HD and RAM) runs 9.0 and 9.1 acceptably well. It's definately not a speed demon. Only issue I have from a fresh install is having to set clock=pit on the kernel bootup (clock was running about 3x too fast initially). Steve
Steve Kratz wrote:
Only issue I have from a fresh install is having to set clock=pit on the kernel bootup (clock was running about 3x too fast initially).
Steve
I am having trouble with my notebook not keeping good time. What does the clock=pit command actually do, please? Thanks! doc
Last fall, my Thinkpad A20p installed SuSE 9.0 flawlessly. Sound, power management and screen display all seemed to be handled great. IBM has been committed to some level of supporting Linux on their laptops for quite a while - but I'm sure other brands work well too :) - Richard
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Sabatke [mailto:jsabatke@execpc.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 12:21 PM To: SuSE Discussion Subject: [SLE] Laptop needed
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA, -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Jim Sabatke wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA,
IBM ThinkPads tend to be good for Linux. I have an R31, on which I have run Red Hat 7.3 and SuSE 9.0 & 9.1. After applying a kernel option to fix a Trackpoint problem, it runs fine in 9.1.
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 14:09, James Knott wrote:
Jim Sabatke wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive laptop that will work with SuSE 9.0? I need one fairly quickly and can't afford the time to have lots of problems getting it running. I need network and modem access.
It doesn't need to be a speed demon, just reliable.
TIA,
IBM ThinkPads tend to be good for Linux. I have an R31, on which I have run Red Hat 7.3 and SuSE 9.0 & 9.1. After applying a kernel option to fix a Trackpoint problem, it runs fine in 9.1.
And I've got an X31 which runs 9.1 really well. Only issue unsolved for me is an error on startup that powersavd isn't running (but KDE's power saving stuff works). 9.1 even found the built-in IBM 802.11/a/b/g perfectly. I wouldn't call Thinkpads "inexpensive" though. Malke -- "And that's how we learned our lesson!" - Bender
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Steve Kratz