I've had problems with e-linux in the past. Specifically thier openpro's. When
I buy a machine that says it comes with linux preinstalled, I don't take that
to mean that the Video card is unsupported by the distrobution (RH 6.1 at the
time). The card in these things (Bought 2 of them) was an intel i810 and was
not working. I spent *DAYS* getting the SOBs working... but wait there's
more.... they come with a default root password. I bought both machines at the
same time and apparently they had DIFFERENT root passwords. they both came with
the standard insert, your root password is, "Default". Apparently someone
screwed up the second one.
The one saving grace of my experience with E-Linux is they have great phone
reps. They were very apologitic and worked out a nice arrangement with me. I
talked to their products manager and he admitted fault in the particualr
openpro's I got and promised for better linux hardware compatibility checking
in the future. (i810 is supported now).
I'd buy from them again.
--
-David Talbot
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So long as the government has the power to invade our lives, rummage through
our records, and take what it wants from our income, we will have only as
much freedom and take-home pay as the politicians condescend to let us have.
-Harry Browne Libertarian Canidate for President (www.HarryBrowne2000.org)
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Try vivisting www.elinux.com I know they sell TnikPads, but they have a lot
> of experience setting up laptops with Linux. Typically, they use SuSE, but
> they may be able to help you, or get you on the right track.
>
> Also, SuSE seems to have a good development department when it comes to
> hardware support. If you have trouble find servers to support your hardware,
> a good place to look is SuSE...you may have to create symbolic links to tell
> your distro where to look for the files the SuSE rpms install, but there a
> lot more available through them in a more timely fashion.
>
> --Greg
>
>
> > Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as
> > to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the arse. =( I had
> > it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card working, and now X
> > refuses to work.
> >
> > In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a good laptop that
> > will work with Linux with a minimum of effort (hopefully) or has been
> > known to run Linux with minimal tweaking.
> >
> > Does anyone know of such a beastie? Preferrably under $2000 if
> > possible. It needs to have a CD-ROM, be about 500Mhz with a minimum of
> > 32MB RAM and a 4GB or higher HDD. Doesn't need to have ethernet or
> > modem built in, but sound would be nice (preferably something that
> > doesn't require OSS...)
> >
> > Is this even feasible? I don't have the bucks to shell out for
> > anything more expensive, but I'd really like to get a laptop so I can
> > haul it around to demo Linux with, and this ThinkPad I'm returning
> > later today just doesn't cut it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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> >
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