RE: adultery (was: Toshiba Laptop X server woes / Laptops)

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

possibly a big reason I've had so much success with laptops and linux is
that I've bought laptops with the intent of running Linux, not bought the
laptop and then later decided to put linux on it.

ie, I did research before buying, on what laptops can and cannot run Linux
well :)  I realize, however, that not everyone has this luxury.

I'll say this, though - Dell makes one hell of a laptop, and they use
quality components in them, and they work with Linux well...

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Q [mailto:jq@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:45 PM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: adultery (was: Toshiba Laptop X server woes / Laptops)


Peter Evans (peter@example.com) wrote:

> Any brands or models to be avoided or searched out?

My experiences with Thinkpads has been terrific.  Light, cool, and
extremely reliable.  Also, you can get B5-sized Thinkpads that have
full-sized keys (we have a Thinkpad 240 at work and it's very
easy to type on).

You probably already know about the Linux-on-Laptops site, but this
is the place to go to check others' experience with installing on
a given model before you buy it:

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

> That certainly sounds more cheering! (But perhaps the success is thanks
> in part to avoidance of the crappy alternatives.)


Avoiding crappy alternatives is important :-)  

Jonathan

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