[plug] Laptop Compatibility

[Russell Keith-Magee]

> Had an idea this morning..
> My laptop is in for repair, coz the smoke get away.. and while
> using a loan machine, I stumbled across the idea of a boot/run
> linux CD for the testing of laptops for hardware compatibility.
>
> The idea being a filesystem with all possible compiled kernel
> modules, plus the known extras.. like ltmodem and pcmcia.
> a full multi-driver xfree, plus the usual PCI utils for identifying
> what hardware is on board.

Why make it laptop specific? It would be just as useful for desktop
machines - especially production line Dell/Gateway type boxes which are
occasionally a little hazy on their component specs.

Either way, sounds like a really nifty idea to me.

Russ %-)

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Russell Keith-Magee
Software Engineer
Calytrix Technologies
Unit 9, EIR Building, Technology Park
PO Box 1173, BENTLEY 6982, Western Australia