RBW wrote:
..
Are there any laptop computer models particularly suitable or
unsuitable for
Linux (or some that the local gurus at the installfests are particularly
familiar with)?
..
While this ends up in an either "yes" the laptop will boot or "no" the
laptop will not boot from CD condition there are other issues (does
modem work? etc) that you probably can't test on a display model. You
will at least know before you unwrap and sit down at home whether the
laptop will boot Linux at all. (The 30 day return policy should come in
handy if any major problem shows up AND after you get assistance from
lists like KPLUG-Newbie, KPLUG installfests, and help from SDLUG, etc.)
There may be a better way for a newbie other than sticking in a Knoppix
disk and taking note of whether it works but I don't know what simpler
way there could be... That's how I decided on my laptop at Fry's 3 years
ago and it was a very good method (narrowed it down to 4 models that
worked and then decided between them based on physical features)...
I notice some promising hits from googling on linux laptop:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
http://tuxmobil.org/
http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html
Surely someone here can comment on how useful/reliable/complete these
may (or may not) be.
One of these days, I've got to get a laptop, I guess <sigh>.
..jim
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