[wplug] Linux laptops

[Bryon Gill]

For what it's worth, I've been using a Thinkpad X60 and it's been easier to 
configure than my HP ZD7000 Pavilion was.  With the HP I had a heck of a time 
getting ACPI to work properly, but around the time FC6 came out suspend finally 
worked out of the box at least.  I never could do anything about the fans which 
ran constantly and sounded like a jet engine  (this was one of the giant 17" 
screen models).

With FC6 on the X60 Thinkpad, I had to install madwifi drivers for the wireless, 
but that's really the only customization I had to do.  Suspend works properly, 
bluetooth even works so I can use my cell phone as a modem and get pictures off 
of it.  My Lenovo Thinkpad has been a terrific linux box thus far.

Bryon

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Bryan J Smith wrote:

> My apologies for my general chide against Thinkpads, but years of dealing with their issues
> (including under even NT/Win through NT 5.1/XP/2003) has caused my clients countless hours of issues.
> This continues through the latest Thinkpads as well, and their off-shoot designs away from Intel reference.
> Especially when it comes to the continued firmware and the total non-support of BIOS Interrupt 13h Disk Services.
> Most of the time, Linux works around them, but early in 2.6, there was an issue when used with GNU Parted/GRUB that defaulted to full, standards compliance.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: curlynoodle at gmail.com
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> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:19:11
> To:General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Linux laptops
>
>
> chandan datta wrote:
>> Hi Linus users,
>> I'm a visiting summer scholar at CMU from New Delhi.I wanted to get
>> myself a new Linux laptop (without MS Vista pre-loaded).I visited the
>> CMU Computer store ,but all of them have Vista.Where can I check up a
>> good collection of Linux pre-loaded laptops ?
>> I don't want a very high end system-a decent config -WIFI, 128/256 MB
>> NVIDIA GPU,1 GB RAM,DVD reader will do(I'm looking for something under
>> 1000$).Back at New Delhi I brought one Acer 4100 series with pretty
>> decent config and Linpus linux loaded(it was easy to find).
>>
>> Help me guys !!!
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Chandan.
>
> If you are willing to load Linux yourself, you may want to check out
> http://www.tigerdirect.com.  I have purchased several off-lease, refurbished
> Lenovo/IBM laptops in recent years with good results.  Most recently, I bought a
> IBM T30 which has run both Fedora 6 and Ubuntu 6.10 well.
>
> Dave
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