Hi, i hope you have found also http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki they also have a very activ mailinglist, and there are plenty of happy Thinkpad 600 owners on that list.
On Sam, 01 Jul 2006, justin joseph wrote: > I had prevously posted to this group with questions concerning > thinkpad pad T42 and based on the discussion had ordered it(in US, am > in India). Unfortunately It will take a long time before I can get > it, around 8 more months. So am planning to buy a second hand IBM > machine in India for that time period. There is an IBM 600 series PII > 400Mhz 192MB machine. It would be helpfull if I can know about the > performance of these machines with say Debian Sarge. > > I would need to compile a lot of code and do some scripting. Also I > would need to read pdf files(I prefer evince) and use the > Internet(Firefox) and my Office LAN and the regular tools.. ssh telnet > ftp svn etc..Also Open Office once in a while. Will this machine > serve my purpose for the time being. Am in India and the new IBM > machines Cost way over head here *they are not affordable* in India. > Will I be able to use a pcmcia card and get wireless LAN. I know > GNU/Linux is portable but I have not worked on 400 Mhz machines. My > Desktop is a PIII 866Mhz 256MB RAM and it takes around 20 minutes to > compile 2.6.15 kernel release. How much will the TP600 take for this > task because this might give me a vague picture. > > I did go around googling and on linux-laptops but they mostly talk > about Installation, My concern is of relevance of machine > specification with regards the work i mentioned. -- Florian Reitmeir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
