On Jan 8, 2008 11:04 AM, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darrel N. Lawrence wrote: > > I am thinking of buying a laptop for home use. > > > > 1. Are there any makes or brands of laptops I should avoid? > > Lenovo. Once IBM sold off their ThinkPads, the quality has plummeted.
Really? Can you elaborate more. I am considering buying a T61P at the moment. Or possibly an R series to save a few bucks. > > > 2. Is there a brand or model of laptop that is better supported by > > the Linux community? > > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > All sorts. I have had good experience with my IBM ThinkPad T42. See note > above about Lenovo. > > > 3. Is there a way that I can be certain that the 802.11 in the laptop > > is going to be recognized by Ubuntu? > > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > See if someone else has. Chance are, with NDIS Wrapper, it will work. > > -john > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
