[newbie] Laptops

2003-12-13 Thread Lanman
I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I

Re: [newbie] Laptops

2003-12-13 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a

Re: [newbie] Laptops

2003-12-13 Thread Lanman
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 09:16, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000,

Re: [newbie] Laptops

2003-12-13 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Lanman wrote: On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 09:16, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop

[newbie] laptops

2001-09-19 Thread chris swain
Hi all I know the topic of video cards has been breached many times but id like an opinion. Laptops offered today usually offer a ati radeon card or an nvidia geforce II. Which one might be better, I have heard about troubles with both. I plan to be running lm8 and win4lin on it. Want to

[newbie] Laptops

2001-05-19 Thread Jose Mirles
Anyone ever install Mandrake on a IBM Thinkpad 760XL laptop? I am thinking of doing this but have yet to see any documentation on it. The docs on laptops is dated and of little help.

Re: [newbie] Laptops

2001-05-19 Thread Dave Sherman
Never done it on a 760, but my ThinkPad 1400 runs great with Mdk 7.2. Dave On Saturday 19 May 2001 08:18, thus spake Jose Mirles: Anyone ever install Mandrake on a IBM Thinkpad 760XL laptop? I am thinking of doing this but have yet to see any documentation on it. The docs on laptops is dated

Re: [Re: [newbie] laptops]

2000-08-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Marcia Waller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - Hello all, Thank you for all of your laptop info and suggestions. I finally purchased a "built

Re: [Re: [newbie] laptops]

2000-08-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Marcia! I don't know what font you're trying to use, but it continues to come out in Chinese at this end! Well, that ,and dots, and big and little empty boxes, intermingled with a word or three here and there, maybe an upside down "A", an "L"

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-22 Thread Goldenpi
I prefer McDonalds. They have a tasty ice cream with milk choclete chunks in it. - Original Message - From: Steve Weltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 2:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] laptops KFC?? I hope that it isn't a bucket of Fried Chicken

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-21 Thread Eric's Mandrake Acct
I have the Dell Ispirion 7000 and the KDE desktop seems to big as well. The latop has the ATI Mobility card chip in it. Has anyone had success increasing the resolution to 1024x768 and above. Eric Subject: RE: [newbie] laptops Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 04:26:11PM -0500 Time

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-20 Thread Steve Weltman
Message - From: "Marcia Waller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] laptops Dear All, Has anyone heard of Linux on the new Emachine notebook called Eslate or on a KFC notebook? Are these good notebooks? Marcia

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-20 Thread Eunice Thompson
Marcia, try to have at least 64 MB of memory, Windows will appreciate it. I saw a post of yours asking about an Emachine laptop; i won't say anything abot that brand, but stay away from CELERON processors; go with an AMD or a good ol' Pentium. I myself use a Toshiba. They are one of 'THE NAMES'

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-19 Thread Marcia Waller
From some of your responses it sounds like there are more than a few good laptops out there for running Linux. Are 6.0 gigs of harddrive and 32 megs of memory enough for running Linux Mandrake and Windows easily? Would I be better off getting at least 64 megs of memory and 10 or more gigs of

RE: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-19 Thread Ingo Bauer
19, 2000 1:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] laptops Dear Ingo, What kind of Toshiba laptop do you have and or like? How many gigs of harddrive and rams of memory does one need for a dual boot system-Linux/Windows? Did the Linux Mandrake install well? Thanks for the info. Marcia

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-19 Thread Marcia Waller
Dear All, Has anyone heard of Linux on the new Emachine notebook called Eslate or on a KFC notebook? Are these good notebooks? Marcia

[newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread Marcia Waller
Dear All, I know there is a place I found awhile ago where you can find out about alot of different laptops and how they work with Linux. I just do not remember where I found that. Anyone know? I am in the market for a laptop and I am looking for a good used one that can run both Windows and

RE: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread Ingo Bauer
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] laptops Dear All, I know there is a place I found awhile ago where you can find out about alot of different laptops and how they work with Linux. I just do not remember where I found that. Anyone know? I am in the market

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread Jonathan A. L. Peak
might be a good starting point. As for a specific brand . I have always liked my toshibas. Ingo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marcia Waller Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie

RE: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread JRobertson
Title: RE: [newbie] laptops Try Dell , I have loved the way mine has performed. I have Windows 98 Se and linux 6.0 running both are good working on it. I have only one gripe . That is the sereen is not big enough. That is weird. We have Dell Inspirons here and one of the best features

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote: Dear All, I know there is a place I found awhile ago where you can find out about alot of different laptops and how they work with Linux. I just do not remember where I found that. Anyone know? I am in the market for a laptop and I am looking for a good used

Re: [newbie] laptops

2000-08-18 Thread Marcia Waller
Dear Ingo, What kind of Toshiba laptop do you have and or like? How many gigs of harddrive and rams of memory does one need for a dual boot system-Linux/Windows? Did the Linux Mandrake install well? Thanks for the info. Marcia

Re: [newbie] Laptops

2000-03-27 Thread steve harris
For laptops, this site is very helpful http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ My toshiba 115cs was on the list, I was also able to download the XF86Config file! (toshiba is a little weird about 800x600, actually 800x594 I think)

Re: [newbie] laptops

1999-09-09 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Chris" == Chris D [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: toshiba tecra 740 cdt [snip] http://www.cck.uni-kl.de/misc/tecra710/ the following is from that site: "This page is designed to help you get Linux up and running on your Toshiba Tecra series notebook (... 740CDT)." -- Mike Fieschko, West

[newbie] laptops

1999-09-08 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Chris" == Chris D [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i am new and planning an install of mandrake on my toshiba laptop, and i was wondering if there is anything to watch out for. What model? http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ is a Linux on laptops page. Just easy

Re: [newbie] laptops

1999-09-08 Thread Chris D
toshiba tecra 740 cdt --- Mike Fieschko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Chris" == Chris D [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i am new and planning an install of mandrake on my toshiba laptop, and i was wondering if there is anything to watch out for. What model?

Re: [newbie] laptops

1999-09-08 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Chris D wrote: i am new and planning an install of mandrake on my toshiba laptop, and i was wondering if there is anything to watch out for. Yes, wait for 6.1 which improves PCMCIA support and adds IrDA support. LLaP bero

Re: [newbie] laptops

1999-09-08 Thread Chris D
should i use the beta? will upgradeing be that difficult? --- Bernhard Rosenkraenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Chris D wrote: i am new and planning an install of mandrake on my toshiba laptop, and i was wondering if there is anything to watch out for. Yes, wait for