Hertz"
I want ask you a question : why compaq give you a lot of trouble
i didnt understand
Thanks
Ariel Ravicovich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hetz Ben Hamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alex Zelter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: linux compatable laptops
> 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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