On 24/7/03 6:11 pm, "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of a good laptop to run linux on (preferably gentoo)? >... > I was wondering, since gentoo is a source-based distrobution, how *slow* > of a computer can be useful? > > Would mozilla run well on a Pentium II-266 Mhz? I realize there are other > browsers like links & lynx, but they don't seem to render most pages > correctly.
I've installed Gentoo on a PII 400 Vaio C1. Those are the ones with the 480 x 1140 (?) widescreens, and they're available 2nd hand on eBay for c �400. That doesn't answer all your concerns, but it IS a lovely _light_ lappy - it'll just about fit in an inside jacket pocket. With a very little hacking, it is possible to use the whole width of the screen in framebuffer mode. TBH, it is a little too short, but it is quite usable. The C1 is adequately fast in the console even with a knackered hard-drive - I'll be interested to see how it does in KDE once I've gotten around to replacing that. My battery is knackered also, 8-[, but I get an hour out of it. Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
