RE: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-19 Thread Jenny Bailey
Vaios are pretty, I can't deny that. I didn't realise that Sony were being so difficult about making their interface open. You'd have thought that they would be a bit brighter. Linux recognises the CD, but data is read really slowly, there seems to be a timeout problem. I installed RH by copying

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-18 Thread JLG
My Umax Actionbook has run Debian, NetBSD and now FreeBSD happily. Additionally I have a Fuji Lifebook 635 running Debian that has been problem free. (no small feat considering the cd-rom and floppy live in the docking station) And to round out my own *nix laptop experiences I'll give a heart

RE: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-18 Thread Lynette Quinn
ssage- From: Telsa Gwynne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:23 AM To: techtalk Subject: Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:38AM -0700 or thereabouts, Anmol Khirbat wrote: > I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I'v

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-18 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:38AM -0700 or thereabouts, Anmol Khirbat wrote: > I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing > the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever. I assume you have already found the Linux on Laptops page at http://w

RE: [techtalk] laptop on Linux

2000-10-17 Thread Jenny Bailey
Hi, I use RH6.1 on a Sony Vaio N505x. Video ok at 1024x768. CDROM sometimes works. Floppy is USB and does not yet ( although I have yet to try RH7.0 ). When you buy the laptop with Win98 pre-installed, it has two partitions, you can install Linux into the top partition and dual-boot ( if you wan

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread curious
Typicaly you can't go too wrong with dell or IBM (personaly I have an HP which I won't recommend) also check out tuxtops they have laptops with linux installed.. and also sell debian and redhat distros that are specific to certian laptops: http://www.tuxtops.com/software.html you might notice that

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:38AM -0700, Anmol Khirbat wrote: > I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing > the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever. > > I would appreciate it very much if you could share your linux+laptop > experince

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread Eric Richard Turner
Slackware 7.1 on an IBM Thinkpad 385XD. Installation went fine, setting up X was a pain. Also, the Thinkpad comes (came) with the first serial port (ttyS0/COM1) disabled in order to enable the IR port (they use the same IRQ). In order to change this setting I had to create a MS DOS-bootable disk a

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread nagreen
al Message- From: Anmol Khirbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:44:38 -0700 (PDT) To: techtalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [techtalk] laptop on linux > Hi > > I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing > the net an

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread Betsy Aoki
Just a quick note: remember to watch out for certain Dell laptops whose batteries are now being recalled by Dell (apparently one burst into flames). The laptops are fine, the battery is the issue. for particulars on the models and batteries... http://support.dell.com/battery/ Betsy On Tue, 17

RE: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread Weilbacher, Katie, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA
EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 1:45 PM To: techtalk Subject: [techtalk] laptop on linux Hi I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever. I would apprecia

Re: [techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread stephanie1200
Mandrake: Dell Latitude worked lovely. Also fine on Dell Inspiron. Anmol Khirbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing > the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever. > > I would appreciate it

[techtalk] laptop on linux

2000-10-17 Thread Anmol Khirbat
Hi I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever. I would appreciate it very much if you could share your linux+laptop experinces with me. bye :) Anmol __