Quoting Geoffrey S. Mendelson, from the post of Mon, 26 Apr: > > IBMs seem to be good laptops with good customer support, no experience > > with Linux on them. > > They run linux well. That said, be careful that you don't buy a model > that does not have linux support YET. Things are changing faster in the > laptop market (though IBM seems to be the most stable). > > Also avoid Dell, Compaq, and other small companies that OEM other laptops.
IBM uses GNU/Linux internally on their laptops so there is some unofficial help from IBM people in the community to make things run. IBM is gearing up to soon start certifying Thinkpads for GNU/Linux and my guess is it will be with RHEL Workstation and SuSE. As with everything else in IBM though, it will take a while from whispers to promisses to actual deeds. Personally I'd take a 6-12 month old Thinkpad model as a safe bet for a machine that will be well supported, and have three mouse buttons built in. Dell and Compaq today certify their servers, just like IBM does, but they do not certify laptops and workstations (yet?). Like everybody in the industry, they are led by customer demand, so I'm sure one day they will. for now things may work on most platforms, but can you live with just two buttons? :-) Let me ask around at my workplace. Omnitech is an official reseller of IBM and Dell hardware, and I'll recommend the marketing brains to consider the niche market of Linux laptops (certification or at least pre-installation of) in Israel. Hopefully this could help a lot of users in Israel find a relyable source for GNU/mobility :) I'll rattle some cages this week and let you know if I can move things. -- Not suitable for children Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
