I buy everything preinstalled, including recently from Dell and HPP, although my favorite laptop is the Sony Picture Book I brought from Emperor Linux.
Those guys are miracle workers. Ruben On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 11:41, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > If you want certified and supported hardware with Linux, see > http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/products/clients/clientscert-suse.html > for HP notebooks certified on Linux. If you want a laptop with Linux > pre-loaded, you will probably need to order off the web or by phone. > Walmart offers (or offered) a laptop pre-loaded with Linux, but the > reviews were less than glowing. > > As a practical matter, Linux runs on many if not most laptops (see > http://www.linux-laptop.net/). To check out how compatible a laptop is > with Linux without touching the contents of the hard drive, download the > latest copy of Knoppix (http://knoppix.org - the default language is > German; click on the hybrid Union Jack / Stars and Stripes icon for > English) or try the latest OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD. > > As a practical matter, I have only seen two laptops on which I had > trouble with Linux I couldn't solve. One was an old Compaq Armada. The > other was a brand new Dell model and the owner came to me for help > because the Windows XP display driver that came with it didn't work, and > tech support (I don't know whether Dell/Microsoft) had him re-install > Windows XP (which took him a long time in itself, but that's another > story). In desperation, he tried Linux, and when it didn't work either, > he returned the laptop. > > -- Bhaskar > > Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > I've never heard of emperor Linux. I called Dell (and HP, and IBM). > > Dell, for example, told me that they support Linux, but not on a > > notebook. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
