Ive installed linux on a couple toshiba laptops, and have had very good success with
them. Infact, i would recommend toshiba for a someone that wanted to use linux. You
may have trouble with sound and pcmcia, like rob mentioned... if you do... bring it
down to the meetings... The reason that you may have difficulties, is because those
are often the sticky parts... not because toshiba's are more difficult in that
area.... pcmcia, and sound can be difficult for users to get working, regardless of
the distro/hardware. The few times Ive done toshiba laptops, i had no problems with
them, but i did have a software modem that didnt want to play nice :(
Jamie
>grinning... gee, a girl couldn't ask for faster service!!! smiles at both
>of you...
>
>LindaC, smiling herself...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Toshiba!!!
>
>
>> You're just a hair faster.
>>
>> Rob Hudson wrote:
>>
>> > Check out the linux laptop pages at
>> >
>> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
>> >
>> > to see if your Toshiba is listed. I've used this resource for my own
>> > laptop (a gateway) and it helped me to get the little things working
>> > that are a little tough (sound, PCMCIA).
>> >
>> > -Rob.
>> >
>> > Linda Carpenter said these things on 20000803.1637:
>> > | I'm the proud owner of a Toshiba 410CS laptop... (finally) and it is
>a fine
>> > | laptop... except all the utilities and drivers are written for win95
>> > | (ick)... I'd really much rather put linux on it instead... is this a
>good
>> > | idea or am I looking at a path that is more of a hobby than a
>professional
>> > | solution... I'd much rather write code and do email than try to fix
>the
>> > | patches and solve undocumented API's...
>> > |
>> > | if it is a reasonable solution, which distro should I get???
>> > |
>> > | LindaC, sending smiles to everyone...
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