I loaded SuSE 8.2 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 and it just ran. No fiddling. All hardware found and accounted for. In fact, this is the first time that the power monitor has worked. I use PCMCIA network cards (3Com) and they just worked.
A new machine may be more of a crap shoot due to new components. But, laptop Linux has progresses quite a bit from my initial Linux trials on the same machine with Col 2.4. I have not sorted out the wireless stuff. I am wanting an 802.11g card, but will probably have to settle for an 802.11b. SuSE comes with the wireless stuff. However, I cannot report on how well it works at this time. On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 09:18:06-0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to buy a laptop in the next week for a trip. I don't think I can > get a laptop loaded with linux during that time so I will likely just get > an XP machine and either remove XP or dual boot it sometime down the road. > > So, my question, any laptop suggestions that would play well with linux? > > And, if so, which flavor of linux? > > I think I should get a wireless enabled laptop, too. -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
