On October 25, 2004 09:41 am, Evan Brown wrote: > Hey all > > I am looking to get a new notebook maybe Dell maybe not I don't have a > ton of cash but it has to be able to run Linux. Can you guys suggest > some hardware please? What's with XGA and SXGA? does it make a > difference and is it Linux compatible? Can I order Linux installed > instead of windows from Dell? >
I believe the difference between XGA and SXGA is the viewing angle is higher with SXGA. I could be wrong. Dell is getting on the bandwagon, albeit slowly, probably due to restrictive contracts, I don't know if it's an option yet. My notebook is a Toshiba and with the Toshiba ACPI extensions the hardware support is great under Linux. Unfortunately theres this ugly sticker on it that says 'Designed for that other legacy OS' and I don't think that's optional. HP is making Designed for Linux laptops. I don't know if they've shipped yet or the cost involved. Good luck! Nick _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
