check out http://www.portalux.com/misc/laptops/ for a few links to
laptop related sites.
my experience, i have a Toshiba Satellite Pro, Pentium 100, 40Meg
ram, 750Meg hdd. i installed several versions of Red Hat on it now
and it works fine. the
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
page was a wonderful source for information on getting the sound, video,
and pcmcia working. i had to tweak the XF86Config to get the screen
resolution to 800x600/16bpp. i was using blackbox because it was fast
on this machine. i have found KDE works well enough, GNOME was
a dog. very slow with lots of swapping. i use Red Hat for the RPM. keeps
the hdd usage to a minimum.
have fun.
�i�h�z�r� wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm planning in purchasing a notebook to install linux sot that I can
> learn of its processes and learn more about it. I'd like to know what
> brand would best suit a beginner (I'm planning on buying a used
> notebook, mainly for its price) and what version of Linux is best for a
> beginner (Slackware, RH 5, 5.2, 6???). Any suggestions are very
> welcome.
>
> Arthur
--
michael.jones {
erleichda.archiving; usa
}
newbie faq: http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs/
