RE: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop
why not get Dells??? more bang for your buck... and compaq's don't just suck for linux, they suck period... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Flux Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 5:02 AM To: Linux Subject: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but what's the best laptop for the average Linux distro? I had, at first, targeted Compaq's Presario 2800T, but I caught wind that Compaq's suck for Linux. (This could explain my current problems) I'm buying two new laptops for me and my boss, and I'm sorta going with the HP Pavilion ze5000 series, unless I hear really bad things about them. Anyway, I'd be happy to hear everyone's input. Thanks! -Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 02:02 pm, Flux wrote: I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but what's the best laptop for the average Linux distro? I had, at first, targeted Compaq's Presario 2800T, but I caught wind that Compaq's suck for Linux. (This could explain my current problems) I'm buying two new laptops for me and my boss, and I'm sorta going with the HP Pavilion ze5000 series, unless I hear really bad things about them. Anyway, I'd be happy to hear everyone's input. Thanks! -Law I'd rather give you a link since I don't want to get into the refund the MS tax since my laptop will never boot anything but Linux debate. http://www.linux-laptop.net/ http://www.linuxmall.com/refund/ and a site with information about bare (no preinstalled OS) laptops. I think that was the idea, I haven't checked the site for a few months. http://mobilix.org/laptop_manufacturer.html Reagrds -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself. -- Hilaire Belloc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 08:33, Franki wrote: why not get Dells??? more bang for your buck... and compaq's don't just suck for linux, they suck period... rgds Frank IBM laptops should be notably the best for linux. The current models have drivers, and remember, IBM is working to put linux in the mainstream...(and don't it piss M$ off?)(g) -- Wed Nov 6 09:35:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf. -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop
Hi Flux, Alway willing to get involved in a slagfest. Count me as one vote for Mandrake! (or 2 if you allow vote fixing) regards, Bill W. - Original Message - From: Flux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but what's the best laptop for the average Linux distro? I had, at first, targeted Compaq's Presario 2800T, but I caught wind that Compaq's suck for Linux. (This could explain my current problems) I'm buying two new laptops for me and my boss, and I'm sorta going with the HP Pavilion ze5000 series, unless I hear really bad things about them. Anyway, I'd be happy to hear everyone's input. Thanks! -Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
