Hello, I have the strong impression that it is a philosophy by it's own which notebook is the best (for Linux) but I can strongly recommend IBM notebooks, they are even "Linux certified" by Suse and IBM (if you can read german -> www.nofost.de which sells discounted notebooks to students only) - they guarantee that everything except wlan works. Well it's suse but then you have a very good chance to get it running with debian as well (I don't know if Suse included some non-GPL modules like YAST to support all features).
at www.tuxmobile.org and www.linux-on-laptops.com are more infos available about certain models. cheers Martin On Friday 07 November 2003 22:08, René Seindal wrote: > Hi, > > My old laptop is no more. It is dead, an ex-laptop. > > I'm looking for a new one. It will run Debian Linux 99.99% of the time, > and will be used for building websites. It will run apache, mysql, > gnome, mozilla, evolution, gnumeric, gimp, sodipodi, ... > > I'm looking for advice and recommendations and people willing to share > good and bad experiences. > > I need the following: > > decent cpu (no celerons or similar) > 512Mb ram > 40+Gb disk > decent video card (no games, the occasional movie) > 14"-15" TFT display > preferably two PCMCIA slots, but one is ok if there's a supported wifi > card. > > It'll be nice with DVD and/or CD-RW, integrated nic and/or wifi, > touchpad and usable sound. A modem is ok, but not a necessity. > > It'll run Debian, so a machine without a preinstalled OS is preferred. > > I know most things will work without problems, but the video should be > supported well, likewise the nic and wifi and sound, which seem to be > the usual troublespots. > > I just need a solid machine to do my business, something that works well > with a minimum of fuss, custum made kernels and drivers and the like. > > I have been looking around a bit. I have found a very good offer for an > Asus A2500H, but I have been unable to find anything about linux on it. > Another one that seems to work with Linux is the Dell Inspiron 5100, > though I would have to get it with a different wifi card to get that to > work. > > Anyway, any advice would be very welcome. > > > > My old laptop was an Asus L8400C which served me well, but the cpu fan > died and took cpu and motherboard with it, so it died of heat stroke. > There's some melted plastic inside! A repair will cost something like > half the price of a new laptop. > > > -- > René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- ----- please send me a CC when replying
