On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, JM Ibanez wrote: > Who here runs Linux on their laptops? I'm thinking of getting a laptop
I do...on an Acer 345T > (thinking, mind you-- buying is a different story ;) ), and what to > know what experiences people have installing and using Linux on a > laptop. (I know Dean has a Debian laptop, and Sacha runs it on her > Lifebook, IIRC.) Experiences? ...pretty straightforward -- just like a PC. No special requirement except that it took me sometime to find a module to work with built-in Lucent LT Winmodem... had to load kernel source to compile the source... Don't have a driver for my Linksys WPC54G (802.11g) PCMCIA card though...taking a look at those Linuxant modules... > Currently, I'm looking at older, second-hand laptops and/or desknotes. > > In particular: > > * Hardware support issues - What hardware doesn't work? Since I'm > looking into a second-hand machine, in general, how difficult is it to > look for parts? Basically just memory and hard disk. Disks are a common now. > * Is a Linux laptop suggestable? Why not -- I use it for a lot of things... mainly trouble shoot servers (you can change ip on the fly), experimenting setups before rolling on production...etc.. > * Distro - I'm leaning towards Debian and Slackware, but if you've run > RH or MDK on a laptop, please share your experiences RH AS 2.1 -- am going to try RH9...maybe fedora. > * Desktop environment - I'm primarily a GNOME user, so I'm leaning > towards GNOME 2.4/2.6, but might switch to using XFCE 4. Then again, I > might drop to using IonWM instead, as I like being (generally) mouse > free. I use KDE -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
