Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:23:45 From: "Kenneth F. Ryder III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am thinking of buying a IBM ThinkPad 755CD and want to know if Debian Linux 1.3.1 ( which I just ordered) would work well on it (graphical/ CD ROM/ sound /etc. support) If this computer will not work well with Debian Linux 1.3.1 I would not buy it, but I found it at what I think is a good deal ($695, w/ 850Mb hdd, and docking station) and though it would make a good portable programming / work horse. (I'm a computer science student at USM, we program in C++ using Emacs/G++/DDD ) I don't have direct experience with this machine, but I have used a 755C for many years and in some ways it is similar. I also know some friends using 755CX machines, which are much more like the 755CD, and those machines work with Debian. I think you can expect the following: X11 graphics will work, both on the LCD and externally; the CD-ROM will work; the built-in sound can be made to work but it requires a kludge where you boot into DOS first, run some program to initialize it, then boot into linux using a program called LOADLIN; the fax/modem won't work at all; the docking station will work, except that if it is a Dock I, the SCSI support won't work (if it is a Dock II, SCSI is supported). Finally, since you probably don't know, there is a mailing list for ThinkPad users, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (subscribe: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"). The people on the list are knowledgeable and experienced, and I found the list invaluable when I was getting started with ThinkPads. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
