On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:54:18 -0400, Kwan Lowe <kwan@digitalhermit.com>
wrote:
> Derek Glidden wrote:
>> It's the sad state of laptop hardware that makes me even mention it.
> I'm shopping now for a laptop that runs Linux well. I just gave away my
> old Dell Inspiron. It ran Linux decently, but I was disappointed with
> the ruggedness of the parts. Lots of things fell off. Little pieces of
> plastic chipped away, etc.. My Toshiba Satellite is very well supported
> under Linux, but not so for the newer models. The Thinkpad T22 is a
> perfect size and weight, but the video is not well supported and I need
> to turn off all accelerations or else it locks up on some graphics. All
> said, I'm looking at another Thinkpad (likely the T40 or T41) or
> possibly the base PowerBook.
I have a Thinkpad T40. I'm pretty sure its 802.11b NIC can be made to
work under Linux using http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/, but as that's my
primary NIC, I want to be sure. I got it to boot from RUNT (Resnet USB
Network Tester) on a thumb drive, and I'm trying to make it work _first_
before I repartition /dev/hda and install Linux. I can live with slow
video or no sound, but connectivity is a must.
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