[plug] laptop recommendations

[wvovil at fundi.com.au]

Hi

I purchased a top-of-the-line Toshiba TECRA 8100 (766MHz PIII), 128 MB RAM, 20GB
HDD, crappy Winmodem (I was told it wasn't when I bought it). I had all sort of
probs with RH 6.x, Corel, Turbo etc etc; but Mandrake 6.5 and 7.1 installed ok.
I had probs with X-Win (S3 Savage/MX). I got a driver that works ok except I
have to press 'windoze key) to get it to display X-win gdm. I'm living with the
problem for now (Hey, it works!!!). Got Kingmax PCMCIA Fax/modem and using
Netscape Mail for now (all OK). Haven't tried ethernet PCMCIA yet (Xircom
10T/100??).

Wayne





"Phillip Steege" <psteege at tpg.com.au> on 01/11/2000 17:02:56

Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au

To:   plug at plug.linux.org.au
cc:    (bcc: Wayne J Vovil/FUNDI)

Subject:  Re: [plug] laptop recommendations




----- Original Message -----
From: Bevan Broun <bevanb at ee.uwa.edu.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:47 PM
Subject: [plug] laptop recommendations


> A staff member wants to buy a laptop to run linux and windows - any
> recommendations from pluggers?
>
> BB
> --
> Bevan Broun                                           ph (08) 9380 1587
> Computer Systems Officer                             fax (08) 9380 1065
> Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
> University of Western Australia                                 rm. G70

Here is a great website that will show you how other people installed Linux
on their laptops.  It is good for when you decide on which laptop to buy,
you can check this site to see how difficult it was to install Linux.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/