I've successfully gotten Linux to install on Toshiba, Dell, IBM Thinkpad (my favorite), Gateway, Panasonic, Sager. Check http://www.linux-laptop.net/ for a good number of howtos
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Seeking Free-Software-friendly laptop suggestions > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:28:26PM -0500, Matt Matthews wrote: > > > > So, does anyone have suggestions? > > > > Because Toshiba's ill-trained out-sourced tech support blamed me > for a broken main board I cannot recommend this company's product > to anyone. Poor durability and poor customer support is a toxic > mixture to be avoided. > > I eventually got the machine fixed under warranty using my own initiative > and thanks to a local service representative. > > I have a Satellite A35-S159 that I use for dual booting Linux and XP. > > -- > Mike > > When the correction first comes, we tend to underreact. While we do not > like the surprise, we tend to think of it as maybe a one-time thing. > Things, we believe, will soon get back to normal. We do not scale back > our expectations sufficiently. It apparently takes years for this to > work itself out. - John Mauldin > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
