At 03:25 PM 9/11/00 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
>A portable what? "dishwasher"??? Sorry...I just couldn't help myself.
>It's been a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong day. Are you asking
>about a Laptop?
>
>If you are then the answer is yes. In most cases Linux will work just
>fine, however, depending upon "what" brand of Laptop you buy will
>greatly dictate the amount of trouble and aggrivation you're going to
>have to do through to get Linux installed and running correctly on this
>laptop.
Once upon a time there was something in the proprietary COMPAQ BIOS, if
memory serves, which caused great grief with linux installs. However,
COMPAQ claims whatever it was has been fixed, and they showed at a recent
Linux event in Denver to give away free software. This is just a heads up
in case you're thinking of getting an older used machine.
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