I installed Suse 9.2 on my Compaq Presario X1000 with no problems. The centrino controls work great (changing speed and power settings etc...). I only needed to go find the wireless rpm that didn't come on the download DVD. There's even a distro that is focused on the X1000 http://x1000.bitbuilder.com/ig/ but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Jason

Nick W wrote:

I recently installed Suse 9.3 on a Dell XPS Gen 2. It was nearly perfect out of the box...

On Tuesday 17 May 2005 18:06, terence wrote:


I have an older Dell that has been very well supported under the variety
of distro's that I've played with, except for the win-modem. Which I
never use anyway.

A good resource is http://www.linux-on-laptops.com where people submit
their experience with various models, and work-arounds, if needed.


The largest problem with a laptop is

On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 17:11 -0600, William Astle wrote:


I'm considering purchasing a laptop on which I'll be running Linux. Does
anyone have any recommendations for a laptap? I don't need anything
terribly spectacular since I'm not so much into the gaming and all that
jazz. I just need something that will work with X. Any
pointers/recommendations are welcome.

I am not, however, in the market for a used laptop.


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