> [email protected] wrote: > > Anyone have a recommendation on a current model laptop that works fairly > > well with rhel5 64bit and a xen kernel? I know ATI and Intel video both > > work fairly decently out of the box, not sure about nvidia. I looked at > > RedHat's HCL, and there were very few laptops, mainly Dell Precision e6300 > > and IBM [TX]61. > > _I_ don't know that Intel video works at all well on Tikanga (or Linux > generally), unless it's been around a few years. Note that my experience > is with desktops, not laptops. Google for my efforts with an HP DC7700. > It's okay now, but was not.
hmm... I thought intel video had been working for a while, also part of the dot release process with rhel is new drivers. But admittedly I usually don't load rhel onto laptops, and I rarely run X on my servers. I tend to stick with Fedora on desktops and laptops. > > I had always heard good things about the IBM T series and linux, but one of > > my co-workers installed it on his T61 and had all sorts of issues. > > > > i've been playing with an HP 6910p, but keep getting IRQ conflicts with the > > keyboard, sd card, and wireless. > > If you can try before you buy, do so. I have a Thinkpad R40 around here > someplace, and there are dozens of versions of it. Mine has 1440x1050 > video, Atheros wireless (some have Intel, some have none), RAM and disk > also vary as does the presence of fireware. our internal systems team prefers the HPs because its what they've standardized on for windows (and except for the IRQ conflicts it actually seems to be a decent machine). They said they are willing to look elsewhere if this is to much of a pain though. > I think there's a CentOS live CD, that should be good to test with. - see other thread - -greg _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
