> Once I buy a laptop, I am planning to partition its hard drive > so I could use both Windows XP and Debian. Are there any > special specifications or configerations of the laptop that I > should look for when I shop around?
The Toshiba Tecra S1 is equipped with Centrino, see http://tuxmobil.org/centrino.html for Linux on these machines. There is also the Linux-Mobile-Guide a HOWTO which has some recommendations about how to choose a laptop brand http://tuxmobil.org/howtos.html And a manufacturer survey, which contains a list of most popular brands among Linux laptops users http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_manufacturer.html Werner -- |=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berlin = Germany |=| <wehe at tuxmobil.org> T. 0049 - (0)30 - 349 53 86 |=| http://TuxMobil.org UniX on Mobile Systems: HOWTOs,Software |*| This is no time for phony rhetoric -- Lou Reed