Well I can't speak for any hardware list, but what I can say is that
I've used rl on two laptops:

A Winbook XL PI233 2gig 64mg
and a
Umax PI233 3gig 64mg

with good luck on both

I guess my buying tips would be

1) Search google groups for buying Info on the laptops you're
interested in.

2) If you know beyond a reasonable doubt that you don't plan on using
the Micro$oft bundle products, then by all means ask for, if not
demand, the refund for them. By law in most states they are required to
provide the refund...

This has three effects
Drives your cost down.
helps pc manufacturers lower costs
Helps GNU/Linux gain respectablity in the coporate mindset.

--- dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Speaking of laptops, is there a recommended/approved
> hardware list?
> 
> RL is similar to Caldera, right?  Do they have a
> recommended hardware list?
> 
> The reason I ask is that I'm going to buy a new laptop
> and wanted to make sure it would work.
> 
> I've heard Toshiba's are good.  I've also heard that
> IBM's are notorious for Winmodem problems?
> 
> As I mentioned to the list, I've attempted to install
> RL on a couple of Dell laptops with mostly success.
> 
> One thing I was looking forward to in RL is that you
> wouldn't have to recompile the kernel three or four
> times to "get it right".
> 
> What I liked about the 7.x SuSE install is that when
> it was done, everything worked.  Sound, video, etc.
> 
> But, it was too bloated and I didn't like the way it
> handled configuration changes and the like.
> 
> RL has everything I need, minus a couple of laptop
> specific programs.  It's clean, neat, and simple and
> it doesn't fill up half my hard drive. Thought I would
> end it on a positive note (-:
> 
> I'm really eager to play with the Remote Control(?) package.
> 
> My Father-In-Law is needing a laptop for his job and
> I was really thinking about putting RL on it (1) for the
> the simplicity and now (2) for the remote admin.
> 
> later.
> 
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