not sure who started the thread so I will just reply to the list only.... I use a Toshiba Satellite 6100 Pro and everything works except the built-in SD card (which may very well work but I have never taken the time to try to get it to work cause I have one of those usb all-in-one card readers). Dont want to start a os war, but I use only gentoo (stage 1) on it and before that I had used redhat 8 and 9.
Hardware specific information is here: http://www.maysville-linux-users-group.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=21&sid=e990e6e4d63a3bb9eb79fa6bb9f7fd8e CPU : Pentium 4 Mobile, 1.7 GHZ Cache : 12k Level1, 512k Level2 Memory : 1024 MB PC2100, expandable to 1 GB HDD : 60 GB UDMA ATA/100 drive CD-ROM : Combo CD-R/DVD PCMCIA : CardBus 32bit dual slot USB : USBv1-compliant bus, dual external port APM : ACPIv1-compliant BIOS Network : Intel Pro 10/100, Wi-Fi 802.11b-DS Orrinco Sound : Yamaha YMF753 16bit Stereo Video : NVidia GeForce4 Go (32MB), UXGA TFT 1600x1200 Modem : 56k V.90 Data/Fax Misc USB and PCMCIA devices that I use, including Firewire Cards, Card Readers, Printers, Etc including a Kanguru Firewire DVD-R/RW On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 22:00, Curt Howland wrote: > For my .02 FRN, > > I am right now using a Sony PCG-GRT170. It's a wonderful machine, but > it suffers from all the "unique" aspects of a Sony Vaio machine. > Almost none of the special keys work, hardware volume control, stuff > like that. It all worked under WinXP, which it came with, of course. > > But it has a 15" nVidia AGP driven screen, DVD/CD writer, great sound, > etc etc etc. I like it, but I had to fiddle with it to get all the > primary hardware working. > > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ is a good reference, you can look up > a model you like and see what other people have done to get theirs > working. Don't forget to contribute your own experiences. > > http://www.linuxcertified.com/ Linux Certified and > > http://www.emperorlinux.com/ Emporer Linux > > sell laptops with Linux pre-installed, including Debian. It sort of > takes the fun out of it, but it takes out the stress too. > > I will echo what others have said about the IBM laptops. They are > indeed built like tanks. I never got a taste for the red-eraser > joystick, however, so I didn't buy one. > > Also, I liked the challenge of the Sony Vaio. I know it's sick of me, > still I like to know that I'm running nasty cutting-edge stuff > sometimes. I'm also thinking about home-building a dual-Athalon > server for no good reason, just to play with SMP. > > Curt- > > > > > > -- > September 11th, 2001 > The proudest day for gun control and central > planning advocates in American history > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
