Hi all- I recently went on my laptop journey. I have a Dell Inspiron I4100 which has been really great of late. After a laptop is a year or so old, things both work better on Linux with it and things start to break. :)
I had decided to start looking for a replacement for my ultralight Latitude LS which now has a motherboard or memory problem and it prevents it from running reliably. So, what I came up with is a dual boot system I am purchasing. One each TP X31. I like the form factor and the prices are pretty good. I've read the linux laptops pages for the laptop and there are some issues with kernels older than 2.4.20 it appears with the ide chipset and the wireless card seems to be problemmatic with Linux. What I found was a new deb netinst with a 2.4.21 kernel and XFS/reiser support which sounds really good since it should be past the problem point. Anybody tinkered with one of these little beasties that have some personal issues/recommendations/suggestions for me? I worked a lot on IBM ThinkPads in a previous existance and had generally good or bad luck with them depending on the model. Specifically, I am interested in things around the IDE controller, workarounds, wireless connectivity using the miniPCI card, etc. Many thanks for your time spent reading this laptop gurus! -- Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org
