See http://linux-laptop.net --- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I am thinking of this thing mainly as an mp3 player. I can > imagine > using it on the road as a word processor (vi). So, I was thinking > about > looking for an el cheapo, maybe a used one which might go for only a > few hundred. My major concern is linux compatibility. I can imagine > all > sorts of problems with built in sound cards, for example. > > Joel > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 01:08:35PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 01:16:11PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > > >I would like to get an old laptop so I can play mp3's anywhere I > want (in the > > >office catching up on weekends, like right now, in the car on those > long trips, etc.) I wouldn't need to run kde. Any suggestions for an > old laptop > > >that would easily install Caldera 2.4 or Redhat 7.1 and play mp3's? > > >It just needs a sound card, about 10 gigs hd, an NIC, and a fast > enuf cpu, > > >I think. > > > > Joel: > > > > How cheap is cheap? I've gotten new IBM A20s for about a grand > which work > > great with Linux. I swear by the IBM ThinkPads as much because of > great > > warranty support from IBM as for their overall quality and > reliability.
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