Hi Jon, I am using an Acer Travelmate 803 Lci, and installation (via a Knoppix CD) was easy. BUT: a few things didn't work correctly and needed a bit more fiddling: acpi, touchpad special functions (needed synaptic driver), network card (needed newer kernel 2.4.21), wifi (still not working), modem (work in progress, driver found, installation problems persisting), and maybe a few others.
the system was running from the beginning on, just a few items were missing. i don't know, if you could live with that. so, for fuzz-free setup, choose a different laptop. for good battery life, good performance, good display, good interfaces, etc., a tm 803 is a (did i use this word already?) good choice. regards, stefan On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Jon wrote: > I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian > linux. I do not need a high end graphics card, nor is there a real > need for a big screen. Being light weight is not a primary factor, > whereas rugged reliability would be. Can anyone suggest particular > brands and models that fit this description? Top priority is that > debian linux can be easily installed on the machine, while the other > requirements are less important. > Many thanks. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
