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Regards, Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il Come to write at the forums: http://www.guides.co.il/forums ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shlomo Yona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: Linux on a laptop > Hello, > > Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two > years. I am on my own now. > > I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's version of the good > old t22. > > I used to use the t22 with only Linux but once I upgraded to Mandrake 9 > experienced severe problems with the hardware, especially in the sound > department, DVD and hibernation. None of these problems went away. > > Although the T22 were sold (only later on) by IBM preloaded with Linux (for the > customers who preferred it) I was not able to get any insights on how to solve > the hardware problems. > > Now, before I buy the T40 and bang my head again against the wall I wonder if > there are ways to solving such problems. > > 1. Did any of you linux gurus ever used a thinkpad and can report how you > managed to setup the hibernation, for example, to work? > 2. How many of you have a thinkpad with Linux alone or a Linux co-existing with > the preloaded windows and how? > > 3. Any advice regarding recommended laptops for linux usage will be welcome. So > far I could not be under the impression that other manufacturers do better than > IBM when it comes to standards and compatibility with Linux. Still, IBM's > support for Linux can be a lot better. In Israel, for example, I could not find > a vendor who actually knew to tell he how complient the hardware is with recent > Linux distributions. Actually, only one vendor knew what Linux is... > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > Shlomo Yona > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://cs.haifa.ac.il/~shlomo/ > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
