Hi Alex,
Well, regarding notebooks...
IBM line - fully works with Linux - from top to bottom - all peripherals. You
even get the LinDVD player if you buy the higher end from notebook's line.
Dell - should work out of the box also..
Toshiba - works ok (although there are some problems with their infrared
controller on some of their models - regarding linux driver).
HP - mostly works. Not sure about all devices being supported though..
Some of those notebooks (90% of them actually) are using a winmodem if you
plan to connect using phone line - so be prepared to live with binary module
(most of them using the ltmodem module - you can find hacks to compile it
under kernel 2.4, since it's originally was written for Redhat 6.1)
The new Toshiba's (high end models) are having the GeForce 2go chipset -
which will let you use 3D graphics pretty nicely with the binary only drivers
from nVidia.
Compaq - lots of troubles on their low end notebooks (specially with their
AMD line). Never tried their high end...
Thanks,
Hetz
On Tuesday 03 July 2001 12:12, Alex Zelter wrote:
> Hi All,
> I want to buy a laptop, but before I do I would like to hear your
> combined advice on what you think are the better laptops curently
> available, and which are most 'linux friendly'.
> Also I wander if anyone has, or knows of a good place in Israel, which
> sells secondhand laptops of a reasonable spec (500MHz, 128MB RAM)
> suitable for use running Linux kernal 2.4?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Alex
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