I have had no problems setting mandrake up on a Dell Inspiron 7100. The nic
was a lil bit of a pain in the butt just bevause I did not know what I was
doing with pcmcia. But got it all working very well, and the boss likes it
as well :)
----Original Message-----
From: Bill Beauchemin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Laptop
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Giorgio Cittadini wrote:
> Vincent Danen wrote:
> >
> > 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...)
> >
>
Try looking at the winbook line. I havnt had one problem at all except the
sound. There isnt a driver out for it yet.
Bill Beauchemin
Sunnyvale MDC Control Center
GlobalCenter
(a Global Crossing company)
888-541-9888
