On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:57:22PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > Hi there, > I am thinking of buying a laptop, probably second hand, with the > intention of running linux only. Does anyone have any experience with > installing and using linux on laptops? Can anyone recommend any > particular laptop brands/models for running linux? What can I do to make > sure that any laptop that I buy will be useable with linux? (for > example: tests I can run on the laptop while in the shop, useful tools - > tomsrtbt?, etc...)
Matthew, if I recall correctly, there is even a debian-laptop mailing list! :) See if you can buy the thing without an OS, since that should save roughly $190 on Win98... :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
