or is really broken. This is not unusual.My Fedora 4 system disables ACPI checking on a pre 1999 BIOS. I imagine a P150 laptop is 1997 era.I'd say Ubuntu needs a much more modern system with more power/ram/disk.
What modern distributions will work well on P150 systems?Is it better to go retro w/ Redhat 7 era distributions?
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I found some reference to turning this off via a kernel parameter ...
>
> Yes. I think the syntax is "acpi=off".
We've got grub kernel params of 'noapic', is there also a noacpi?
A quick googling for noacpi yields 'pci=noacpi' references.
--
Seeya,
P
On 6/5/06, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started up the Ubunu install, but it got caught up at:
ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
If I did my googling right, that means ...
Yah. In short, ACPI isn't there or is really broken. This is not unusual.
What is ACPI, you ask? It's a way
ink I'll try DSL next.
Peg
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tech Writer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "GNHLUG User Group"
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop in two stages
Ubuntu is
On 6/5/06, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've got a 1.6GHz Pentium laptop with 2GB of ram and I'm able to run the
below in quite a usable manner:
Keep in mind the context of the original post was a 100 MHz laptop
with 40 MB of RAM. Your video subsystem prolly h
hey all
want their tools to run fast. They wouldn't be happy with the kind of
performance that you describe below.
Not only that, but the developers who write the other tools at Oracle
(Portal, XML Publisher, BPEL Designer, etc.) all use JDeveloper, many on
Linux.
My own personal experienc
On 6/5/06, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is also very possible that JVM's that run on Windows are more
efficient than those that you typically see under Linux ...
My personal experience is that the Sun Java VM is just as slow under
Windows as it is under Linux, so I don't think
A lot of the claims to the effect of "Java is much faster nowadays"
are based on the fact that typical Java implementations nowadays
include much better JIT (Just In Time) compilers. Translating an
application's interpreted Java bytecode into native machine code can
yield some very large performa
Context is unnecessary if, for example, Java is unbearably slow
compared to nearly everything. The only things I've seen that are
slower than (aggregate of all Java apps I've seen and used) are e.g.
field simulators or modal analysis simulation tools... and since
they're doing a lot of hardcore m
pointer to the
distributions that work well on old machines... I think I may try DSL
once I figure out the best way to get this system loaded.
Another option, which I've used in a past similar circumstance, was to
remove the hard drive from the laptop, connect it to a standard desktop
On 6/4/06, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've got an old Gateway Solo 2100 laptop with 150 MHz
Pentium processor, 40MB RAM and 1.34 GB hard vdrive. It's been sitting in the corner
collecting dust, and still contains Windows-98. Some of my son's friends h
On Monday 05 June 2006 08:35 am, Paul Lussier wrote:
> By what measurement do you determine that Java is slow, and compared
> to what? Is it slower for developement, or just running it? Is it
> slow compared to C, or Lisp, or Visual Basic? Are you doing systems
> programming with it or distribut
up"
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Linux on old laptop in two stages
Ubuntu is a great desktop Linux distro, but I'd suspect it's not going
to perform nicely on an older laptop like that. There's a new
"Xubuntu" derivative that is using Xfce windo
Oh... and as a side note... I'm encouraged that there are four or five
14-year olds who want to learn more about Linux and Java, so I'd like to try
to support them as much as possible... I've actually got a second old
laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro, Pentium MMX processor, 80 M
On 6/5/06, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Be warned that Java may be unbearably slow on that system. (Given
that it's irritatingly slow on much newer systems.)
By what measurement do you determine that Java is slow ...
My measurement is qualitative, not quantitative. Everything
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 6/4/06, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ... 150 MHz Pentium ... 40MB RAM ... Some of my son's friends
>> have decided to learn Java this summer ...
>
> Be warned that Java may be unbearably slow on that system. (Given
> that it's irritating
Ubuntu is a great desktop Linux distro, but I'd suspect it's not going
to perform nicely on an older laptop like that. There's a new
"Xubuntu" derivative that is using Xfce windowing for older hardware,
will supposedly give you the best of both worlds -- light weight
di
he FD and CD modules"? If so, that might be a workable
solution. Most of the Linux install systems I've encountered load
from floppy to memory and then don't touch the FD again.
Another possibility is a network install. If the laptop has either
onboard Ethernet, or you have a PCMCIA E
I've got an old Gateway Solo 2100 laptop with 150 MHz
Pentium processor, 40MB RAM and 1.34 GB hard vdrive. It's been sitting in the corner
collecting dust, and still contains Windows-98. Some of my son's friends have decided to
learn Java this summer, so I was hoping I
>> Today's laptops have become obese. Two-thirds of their software is
>> used to manage the other third, which mostly does the same
>> functions nine different ways.
>I'm not sure it's less true of the typical Linux system than a Windows
>system.
I was in Boston yesterday for USENIX and I r
> Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, answers questions
> on the initiative.
...
I liked this part:
> Today's laptops have become obese. Two-thirds of their software is
> used to manage the other third, which mostly does the same
> functions
"Tom Buskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,
>> manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that is
>> missing in computer searches.
>>
>>
> You've ne
Jeff Kinz wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:01:52PM -0400, Fred wrote:
...
The original design called for a hand crank but it was determined that
it would stress the frame too much. Current plans call for a foot
pedal to produce power. None of the power plans require more than
periodic "pow
Jon maddog Hall wrote:
...
I am currently reading a book called "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail
or Succeed" by Jared Diamond which shows how even some "isolated" societies
collapsed when they did not take into account the "global" picture. The way
of stopping illegal immigrants and to i
e you are."
From:
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On Behalf Of Tom Buskey
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:00
PM
To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child
pledge
On 6/1/06, Richard A
Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I must say
On 6/1/06, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,
manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that is
missing in computer searches.
You've never wander
On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that ismissing in computer searches.You've never wandered on Google? Read a post & followed some random links t
o you, not because
they are kind, but because you are."
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:33 PM
To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child pledge
On 6/1/06, Jonath
On 6/1/06, Jonathan Linowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
a key skill pretty unique to "computers" is learning through
searching and discovery vs memorizing
I disagree. Before computerized dictionaries came along, whenever I
went to search through a dictionary to look up a word, I almost always
a key skill pretty unique to "computers" is learning through
searching and discovery vs memorizing
Jonathan
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A number of years ago, the issue of requiring each student have a laptop at
a private school came up. While this is quite different from public schools
in the US and in third world countries, some of the arguments are still
very valid.
Back at that time, some of the teachers objected because
ometimes
he wants to do it himself.
I appreciate your thoughts. My response, though, is to the attitude
that we *have* to get computers into the hands/laps of kids.
Especially those who are "behind" (like Benson's laptop for kids
program, for example). I have no problems with kid
On 5/31/06, Michael Costolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess my point is that computers aren't a magic pill. Kids willlearn if their parents spend the time with them to teach them. Itseems increasingly more common that parents (in this country at least)take to some sort of electronic substitute
edit Reader
Rabbit and Harry Potter between them for my daughter being literate.
Of course, this is the daughter that likes Windows XP Home and fills
the harddrive with WMA soundfiles to my shame, so there is a downside
to Reader Rabbit. Which would be solved by the $100 laptop, no MS
Windows ...
shame, so there is a downside
> to Reader Rabbit. Which would be solved by the $100 laptop, no MS
> Windows ...
You could run reader rabbit under wine, but then the wma files might
work too. :)
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Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA
literate.
Of course, this is the daughter that likes Windows XP Home and fills
the harddrive with WMA soundfiles to my shame, so there is a downside
to Reader Rabbit. Which would be solved by the $100 laptop, no MS
Windows ...
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On 5/30/06, Jeff Kinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And here in the US, the OLPC might -- hey, I said "might"! -- work to
establish an affordable, de facto EdTech standard and break schools out of
the marketing-driven/gee-whiz/gadget-minded mode that they've been in
forever.
No chance of that I
real potential is in "first"
> and "second" world countries.
>
>Frankly, as Ben stated, I think it's pretty naive to think that laptop
> wouldn't be used primarily as a source of light in that Cambodian
> household
They are hoping it will be.
T
Frankly, as Ben stated, I think it's pretty naive to think that laptop
wouldn't be used primarily as a source of light in that Cambodian
household -- or more likely just sold for cash.
But somewhere like Mexico or some "second world" country that laptop could
achiev
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 02:35:20PM -0400, Randy Edwards wrote:
>This fundamentally is an area of economics. We've seen that all vibrant
> economies since WWII have used exports to generate wealth. Japan, Germany,
> the Asian tigers, Chile, China, etc. have all used exports to grow while
>
> >Or would the country's money be better spent buying the cheapest
> > books possible (which could be produced in-country) and the difference
> > invested in an electrical infrastructure?
> Since the difference would be zero dollars (it would actually cost MORE
> to provide the same texts
idered insignificant, though.
More significant is the cost of the equipment (the "laptop"). If
you only have one book, that means your book cost whatever the laptop
cost -- which is about $130, I guess. That's an expensive textbook,
even by US college standards. It isn't until yo
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:41:34PM -0400, Randy Edwards wrote:
>In reading the posted FAQ I was amazed at this line:
>
> > In one Cambodian village where we have been working, there is no
> > electricity, thus the laptop is, among other things, the brightest light
>
mazed at this line:
> In one Cambodian village where we have been working, there is no
> electricity, thus the laptop is, among other things, the brightest light
> source in the home.
Question: Does Cambodia really need to be spending its money on cheap but
durable laptops import
Great reading for people who think laptops are too expensive or will
break or will need electricity
http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php/OLPC_myths
--
Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
Speech Recognition Technology was used to create this e-mail
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, answers questions
on the initiative.
What is the $100 Laptop, really?
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode
display- both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second
display option
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:10:53AM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
> On 5/30/06, Jeff Kinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
> > > I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
> > > would make them better at readi
I've heard they bear very little resemblance to what most of us think of
when we hear "laptop."
- Heather
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Before anyone submits another message, please read about the OLPC. Most of the thread comments against it don't seem to have read about it.http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
http://www.laptop.org/Or JFGI using the term OLPC.On a similar note on the usefulness of PCs in the classroom, some interesting th
air, the mouse
> and keyboard are compromises. The cases are fragile and often have
> proprietary form factors and parts, inhibiting inexpensive repairs. The
> sole asset of a laptop is portability, which many college students have
> found turns into a liability: they are one of the mos
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 04:32:04PM -0400, Richard A Sharpe wrote:
>
> I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in
> the USA but third world I don't think so, let's start thinking about taking
> care of our own first the rest of the worl
s, still
> pretty useless in many parts of the world. And with the typical power
> consumption of laptop CPUs, that's a lot of hand cranking. And I don't see
> how you can keep the costs down to $100 if you have to include solar cells.
The original design called for a hand
On 5/30/06, Jeff Kinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
> I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
> would make them better at reading or math.
Please go see "reader Rabbit" or "Math Blaster" in action with k
ree. Should the rest of the governors in the US do
the same thing? Sure.
http://www.fcw.com/article90958-09-29-05-Web
"
A laptop for every student
BY Dibya Sarkar
Published on Sept. 29, 2005
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney wants every middle and high school
stu
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
> I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
> would make them better at reading or math.
Please go see "reader Rabbit" or "Math Blaster" in action with kids
who are in Kindergarten through fourth grade.
The laptops of the MIT project don't have a lot of resemblance to the
disposable, fragile, overpowered 1st-world toys you find for sale at
the big box stores. Their design criteria lead them to choose the
laptop form factor. I haven't followed the project in detail, but I'd
sus
> I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in the
> USA but third world I don't think so, let's start thinking about taking care
> of our own first the rest of the world.
I have heard nothing about the OLPC project that targets the "
have seen very good solar-powered calculators sold at dollar stores.
These might deliver much more educational bang for the buck than a crippled
laptop costing between $100 and $300 as projected.
As for other functions covered by laptops, cheap cell-phone service is
spreading rapidly in develop
I agree about the laptops, they are not very upgradeable. I have for years
been recycling used desktop PC's to places like Child and Family services,
church groups and anyone who could not afford a pc. My objection to the
laptop program was that they were going out of the country; take ca
board are compromises. The cases are fragile and often have
proprietary form factors and parts, inhibiting inexpensive
repairs. The
sole asset of a laptop is portability, which many college students
have
found turns into a liability: they are one of the most stolen items on
campus.
The lapto
have
proprietary form factors and parts, inhibiting inexpensive repairs. The
sole asset of a laptop is portability, which many college students have
found turns into a liability: they are one of the most stolen items on
campus.
IMHO, this laptop promotion is being done for reasons other than the benef
I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in
the USA but third world I don't think so, let's start thinking about taking
care of our own first the rest of the world.
Rich
Richard A Sharpe
8 Meadowview Lane
Merrimack, NH 03054
"Treat everyone w
; pretty useless in many parts of the world. And with the typical power
> consumption of laptop CPUs, that's a lot of hand cranking. And I don't see
> how you can keep the costs down to $100 if you have to include solar cells.
Hand cranks or other similar alternative power op
difference -- unless it can connect to the Internet.
The MIT folks realize that. They designed them with the 3rd world environment in mind.
Each laptop shares it's wireless connection with other laptops in
range, so the laptops nearest the one network link at the school repeat
it down the s
connect to the Internet. Otherwise the "third
world" will be limited to whatever content and software their respective
governments will allow to be installed on those PCs.
Oh, and unless these PCs can be run with a hand crank or solar cells, still
pretty useless in many parts of the world
Bill McGonigle wrote:
> There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to
> buy a "$100" OLPC laptop:
>
> http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
>
I've been told that this pledge project is not directly affiliated with
the OLPC project, and that
Paul Lussier writes:
> Right. Benson, crazy though he is, was foolish enough to think we
> should take care of people in our country before helping other
> countries people who can't read and write. That whole "Charity begins
> at home" thing is just so, well, un-PC :)
Gosh, when you put it tha
"Tom Buskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 8) He can entertain himself w/o needing mommy or daddy.
I've got an almost 4 year old who's been doing that since pretty much
day one, and has never really played with the computers in the house
or watch TV.
> Is a computer needed? Maybe not. But he m
I pledge at least 100$ to the laptop.. But the kid will probrably be me. Heck! Playing with a 100$ laptop in my livingroom helps a a child read AND write.. ME! :-) Thomas
On 5/25/06, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to
On 5/25/06, Michael Costolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or addwould make them better at reading or math.Hmm.. I have a 2.5 year old at home. He's been playing with mommy's laptop since 18 months or so.
On 5/25/06, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to buy
a "$100" OLPC laptop:
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
The idea is that your $300 purchase funds two additional laptops in the
field. E
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to buy
a "$100" OLPC laptop:
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
The idea is that your $300 purchase funds two additional laptops in the
field. Even $300 seems like a pretty good deal on the hardware, thou
Alternatively, you can run Knoppix from the Windows commandline if the ISO is saved on the NTFS.
http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/1515258&from=rss
-- Bill[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> and I'd like to be
> able to toggle between the two rather than a slow reboot.
Assuming you mean real GNU/Linux and not Cygwin (GNU without Linux
kernel), need real Windows not WINE, and want to avoid XEN/VMware/QEMU
for whatever reasons ...
The Ubuntu Hacks "Rough Cuts" that OReilly was handin
On 4/11/06, Darrell Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Both products have betas that can be downloaded and used for no cost
> (although the no-cost license may expire in the future)
Given that Virtual PC is a Microsoft product now, you can replace
"may" with "will" for that product.
-- Ben
_
ugh the no-cost license may expire in the future)
For both, the VMs consume a lot of memory. Both my laptops are maxxed out
at 2GB.
Disk Space is also important for VMs, if you want to keep historical
copies, multiple versions, etc. I picked up a 160GB high performance and
silent seagate laptop dr
On Monday 10 April 2006 4:29 pm, Richard Soule wrote:
> Add me to the VMWare crowd. I use it every time I do a demo. My laptop
> came from Oracle with WinXP on it, I run Linux, WinXP and Win2K Server
> VMs depending on which demo I want to run.
I am planning on running Xen (SuSE 10.0 or
Add me to the VMWare crowd. I use it every time I do a demo. My laptop
came from Oracle with WinXP on it, I run Linux, WinXP and Win2K Server
VMs depending on which demo I want to run.
Sometimes running the WinXP VM with Oracle EE database, Oracle EE
Application Server, Oracle BPEL Server
SB devices to the guest and
they seem to mostly work.
-- Mark Polhamus
Ted Roche wrote:
> Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
> machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client work)
> and Linux (more client work, home & hobby),
#x27;t have to connect to the internet with
windows at all this way. Helps with security.
Kjel
On Monday 10 April 2006 12:39 pm, Ted Roche wrote:
> Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
> machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client
On 4/10/06, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
> machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client
> work) and Linux (more client work, home & hobby), and I'd like to be
> able
I'm running VmWare and have always been happy with it. Over time the
workstation version has gotten progressively more powerful. For example I'm
currently running VmWare on a Windows X64 (64bit) host laptop. The guest OS
is a 64 bit Ubuntu system. With VmWare I can forget about the
#x27;t have to connect to the internet with
windows at all this way. Helps with security.
Kjel
On Monday 10 April 2006 12:39 pm, Ted Roche wrote:
> Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
> machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 12:39, Ted Roche wrote:
> Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
> machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client
> work) and Linux (more client work, home & hobby), and I'd like to be
> able
Has anyone got multiple OSes running simultaneously on their personal
machines? I've got a laptop I dual-boot between WinXPPro (client
work) and Linux (more client work, home & hobby), and I'd like to be
able to toggle between the two rather than a slow reboot.
Anyone doing
"Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act
Benjamin Scott writes:
> And they still haven't figured out how to release a proper Windoze
> drivers (one that doesn't have syntax violations for the RIS INF
> parser).
What's that? (RIS INF parser)
Goggling this tells me that it is some sort of Remote Installation
Service, but more than that
On Aug 24 at 5:20pm, Dan Jenkins wrote:
... Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and Broadcom doesn't
play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom, doesn't it?
... companies where that butthead mentality reigns
(Broadcom being just one example
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
>
I've had excellent results with FC on Thinkpads lately. Both on my older
X20 (which recently died) and on my current T42. The t42 has built-in
blootooth, wifi, NIC, 1400x1050 screen (yeah, odd resolution), etc. All
supported very nicely under FC3. As well as dual-head support (laptop L
On Aug 24, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
Yellow Dog Linux or Fedora Core 4 PPC or SuSE PPC might also be a
candidate.
Ubuntu, also. I've downloaded and played with their LiveCD on an iMac
and it was pretty slick.
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Michael ODonnell wrote:
You'd have to get a PCMCIA wireless card if you go that route
because the Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and
Broadcom doesn't play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom,
doesn't it?
I've got an HP zd7000 s
> You'd have to get a PCMCIA wireless card if you go that route
> because the Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and
> Broadcom doesn't play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom,
doesn't it?
I've got an HP zd7000 series machine that's pret
e the iBook is about the best value in a rugged
laptop to be had, but there's no PCMCIA slot (note: the 12" 'Powerbook'
is really a full-metal-jacketed iBook, so don't look there either).
-Bill
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From: "Greg Rundlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Laptop Suggestions
> On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Howdy all,
&
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Howdy all,I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as atraveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I willneed it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
other
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:39 -0400, David Ecklein wrote:
> FWIW - A client brought in a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was hammered by a
> virus - I cleared the HD, loaded only her WinXP and Norton Internet
> Security - nothing else. This 2.8Gb-P4-256MB doorstop ran like a snail! I
> was embarrassed to c
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:32:52 -0400
Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The ThinkPads caught my eye,
> as we're been very happy with them in the office for the past couple
> of years. They seem to be pretty rugged.
Same here. Almost daily trips to client sites, three (four??)
years now.
On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
All suggestions are welcome. I'm currently looking at
http://www.emperorlinux.com for pre-installed linux laptops, but if a
thinkpad/dell/gateway/whatever is best, then that's what I'll go with
There's a tradeoff between what you're willi
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as
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