--- Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can afford a laptop but you can't afford a
> passenger train ticket?
i can't really afford either, but, as i need a
computer for my research and projects, i'll have to
find a way to get one.
train hopping is a very beautiful and empowering
exper
--- Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can afford a laptop but you can't afford a
> passenger train ticket?
i can't really afford either, but, as i need a
computer for my research and projects, i'll have to
find a way to get one.
train hopping is a very beautiful and empowering
expe
rain surf
challenge.
Nick
- Original Message -
From: "noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: debian laptop for a train hopper
> At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote:
> >and even though michael dell and bill gates h
At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote:
and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with each other,
dell's laptops are not that linux-friendly, and their attitude towards
support and the way to handle clients is below zero, their systems are
still very reliable and robust, IMHO.
rain surf
challenge.
Nick
- Original Message -
From: "noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: debian laptop for a train hopper
> At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote:
> >and even though m
At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote:
>and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with each other,
>dell's laptops are not that linux-friendly, and their attitude towards
>support and the way to handle clients is below zero, their systems are
>still very reliable and robust, IMH
also sprach Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.2200 +0200]:
> If they were really capitalistic then they would provide half-decent support
> for Linux (not full support because they know we don't need hand-holding and
> they want to save money).
>
> Linux users make up a reasonable sl
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:27, martin f krafft wrote:
> but before i'd buy another dell, i'd think thrice about it. they are
> capitalist arseholes, blinded by money and seemingly uninterested to
> let their clients run anything but micro$oft...
If they were really capitalistic then they would provide
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.2009 +0200]:
> but yes, i second. and it's sturdy as hell. meaning: i've punched the
> ones i had and they've fallen down several meters, and they're running
> like a charm :_)
and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with eac
also sprach Dennis Kibbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.1826 +0200]:
> You can pick them up on eBay for under US$250 with a 2gig HD, 80Mb
> RAM. Mine runs Potato just fine and I've loaded SUSE 7.1 on another
> with acceptable performance using the KDE desktop. Considering the
> price and the fact
also sprach Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.2200 +0200]:
> If they were really capitalistic then they would provide half-decent support
> for Linux (not full support because they know we don't need hand-holding and
> they want to save money).
>
> Linux users make up a reasonable s
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
> b
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:27, martin f krafft wrote:
> but before i'd buy another dell, i'd think thrice about it. they are
> capitalist arseholes, blinded by money and seemingly uninterested to
> let their clients run anything but micro$oft...
If they were really capitalistic then they would provid
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.2009 +0200]:
> but yes, i second. and it's sturdy as hell. meaning: i've punched the
> ones i had and they've fallen down several meters, and they're running
> like a charm :_)
and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with ea
also sprach Dennis Kibbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.14.1826 +0200]:
> You can pick them up on eBay for under US$250 with a 2gig HD, 80Mb
> RAM. Mine runs Potato just fine and I've loaded SUSE 7.1 on another
> with acceptable performance using the KDE desktop. Considering the
> price and the fact
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
>
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:44, CaT wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Probably if I was going to do what you're planning I'd get an old
> > Thinkpad 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, 800x600
> > display, it's quite an OK little machine. Such a
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> Probably if I was going to do what you're planning I'd get an old Thinkpad
> 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, 800x600 display, it's
> quite an OK little machine. Such a machine is so cheap now that if you break
>
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:44, CaT wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Probably if I was going to do what you're planning I'd get an old
> > Thinkpad 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, 800x600
> > display, it's quite an OK little machine. Such a
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:24, wandering jason wrote:
> > i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> > purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> > and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
> >
> > i'll use the lapto
I pitched my HP Omnibook 6000 across the room.. 16 feet of air, through a vase
and wedged into drywall. It still works like a charm.
Crash test laptop.
-judd
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:58:49PM -0700, Glen Mehn wrote:
> I've had great luck with ThinkPads in the past. They are quite expensive,
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> Probably if I was going to do what you're planning I'd get an old Thinkpad
> 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, 800x600 display, it's
> quite an OK little machine. Such a machine is so cheap now that if you break
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:24, wandering jason wrote:
> > i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> > purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> > and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
> >
> > i'll use the lapt
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:24, wandering jason wrote:
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
> browsing, and listening to news and le
I pitched my HP Omnibook 6000 across the room.. 16 feet of air, through a vase and
wedged into drywall. It still works like a charm.
Crash test laptop.
-judd
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:58:49PM -0700, Glen Mehn wrote:
> I've had great luck with ThinkPads in the past. They are quite expensive,
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:24, wandering jason wrote:
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
> browsing, and listening to news and l
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Glen> expensive, however, but if that's not a factor. The T-23s have
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Glen> some sort of titanium cover that makes them 'more re
"Heather" == Heather Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Heather> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason
Heather> wrote:
>>
>> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing, browsing,
>> and listening to news and lectures. i need something that will
n't carry anything you're not ready to give away at the
sight of a weapon.
possum
- Original Message -
From: "wandering jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian-laptop"
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: debian laptop for a train hopper
>
I've had great luck with ThinkPads in the past. They are quite expensive,
however, but if that's not a factor. The T-23s have some sort of titanium cover
that makes them 'more resistant', although train hopping probably isn't quite
what IBM had in mind when making them.
Somewhat heavier (I dunn
"Heather" == Heather Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Heather> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason
Heather> wrote:
>>
>> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing, browsing,
>> and listening to news and lectures. i need something that wil
but don't carry anything you're not ready to give away at the
sight of a weapon.
possum
- Original Message -
From: "wandering jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "debian-laptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: debian
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
> b
hello everyone,
i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
browsing, and listening to news and lectures. i need
something that will run fine
I've had great luck with ThinkPads in the past. They are quite expensive, however, but
if that's not a factor. The T-23s have some sort of titanium cover that makes them
'more resistant', although train hopping probably isn't quite what IBM had in mind
when making them.
Somewhat heavier (I dun
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:24:15PM -0700, wandering jason wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
> purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
> and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
>
> i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
>
hello everyone,
i'm trying to make a decision on which laptop to
purchase. i've great respect for the debian community,
and so i thought i'd ask for advice here.
i'll use the laptop mostly for programming, writing,
browsing, and listening to news and lectures. i need
something that will run fin
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