[plug] IBM Thinkpad 760XD

Kev kdownes at tpg.com.au
Fri Jan 20 16:09:34 WST 2006


Garry, Vectorlinux is great for resource strapped machines

http://vectorlinux.com/

garry wrote:
> Bruce M. Axtens wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to Thomas at the iVec demo I was able to speed
>> this little monster up by fiddling with hdparm.
>>
>> I installed Ubuntu. Is there a better distro for such
>> a resource-strapped laptop?
>>
>> Also, does anyone have a working PCMCIA card they can
>> lend/give/sell me (in that order) as the one that came
>> with the machine appears to be cactus. 
> 
> 
> I don't have a spare, but a dlink 10/100 is around the $50 mark.
> 
> Garry
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
> 
> 
> 

-- 
=======================================================================
Kev Downes
kdownes at tpg.com.au  ph 0404 7 0808 2
We use and recommend Xandros 3.0.2
=======================================================================
There are 10 types of people ...
    ... those who understand binary, and those who don't!
=======================================================================
"Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything;
He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world
and nothing of himself."             Blaise Pascal
=======================================================================



More information about the plug mailing list