Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-07 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:23:30PM -0500, Kent Borg wrote: [...] A general recommendation: buy a light and little notebook. The difference between a 7 pound laptop and a 3 pound notebook is enormous. The big one needs to be left in one place unless there is a good reason to move it, whereas

What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Daevid Vincent
I'm finally willing and able to take the plunge and get a nice notebook/laptop computer to dual boot (RH) Linux and Windows. The problem is of course, which one to purchase. I'm willing to spend up to $2000 or so, but there is no resource to tell me which one will be the least troublesome. I'm

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 02:15:55 -0800 Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled furiously: snippage Is there a list of Linux notebook retailers anywhere? Perhaps that could narrow down my search. = I've run Linux successfully on SONY Vaios, Toshiba

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread sentinel
I've been successful with many IBM Thinkpads. I'm using the T23 currently. So far everything works. Still haven't discovered how to hot swap the floppy drive with the cdrw. But everything else works (network, sound, Xwindows, etc...) --- I've run Linux successfully on SONY Vaios, Toshiba

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Sagi E.
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux I've been successful with many IBM Thinkpads. I'm using the T23 currently. So far everything works. Still haven't discovered how to hot swap the floppy

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, sentinel wrote: I've been successful with many IBM Thinkpads. I'm using the T23 currently. So far everything works. Still haven't discovered how to hot swap the floppy drive with the cdrw. But everything else works (network, sound, Xwindows, etc...) i've had lots of

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread John Nichel
I have had no problems running RH on Toshiba laptops (3 so far, all Satellites) Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, sentinel wrote: I've been successful with many IBM Thinkpads. I'm using the T23 currently. So far everything works. Still haven't discovered how to hot swap the

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Kent Borg
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:15:55AM -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote: I'm finally willing and able to take the plunge and get a nice notebook/laptop computer to dual boot (RH) Linux and Windows. The problem is of course, which one to purchase. I'm willing to spend up to $2000 or so, but there is no

RE: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Carter, Shaun G
fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux I've been successful with many IBM Thinkpads. I'm using the T23 currently. So far everything works. Still haven't discovered how to hot swap the floppy drive with the cdrw. But everything else works (network, sound, Xwindows, etc...) --- I've run

Re: What are some fully functioning Notebooks for RedHat Linux

2002-11-06 Thread Drew Poulin
John == John Nichel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John I have had no problems running RH on Toshiba laptops (3 so John far, all Satellites) Me too. Installation on a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S603 went very smoothly. I Just had to download the right video driver from Nvidia, The Nvidia site