--- CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > am stuck between an ibm thinkpad and a toshiba satelite (pro). > The first due to their publicised linux support and the 2nd > cos it seems to be well recommended by friends. Both of them
I'd highly recommend thinkpad: it's the best laptop I ever had (right now I own a Toshiba Portege 7200CT, and even with a 600MHz PIII it can't really outshine my trusted 770E). > So... my quesiton is, how well are they supported under > debian/linux? Is ibm's linux support more then just hot air? > Will I be able to do the funky things like hibernation and > stuff under them? And so on... basically, is there anything > icky about trying to run linux under these suckers that'd > make one preferable over the other. There's lots that's "icky". Don't pay too much attention to IBM's claim of Linux support: they do, but it does not seem to be as much applicable to their laptop division. Last I checked there were probably 2-3 postings in the support base (but this has been about 2 months ago, so YMMV). Then again, despite of that my Linux experience on a thinkpad was perfect. As a matter of fact, Linux had saved me a few times -- you just can't beat the CLI in terms of power consumption. On the other hand, Toshiba is not even claiming support of Linux, but this site http://support.toshiba-tro.de/forum/linux/default.asp has lots of nifty information on "alternative OSes" and Toshiba laptops. As far as specifics go, yes, you will be able to suspend (but I don't think hybernate, i.e. save your work into a hybernation file, then recover). All of your devices will work. You can run X in accelerated mode on Thinkpads; in case of Toshiba you'd need to see what chip is used. I think that there's tons of info on Thinkapds and SatelitePro on the Net. Try Google. Andrei __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
