Toshiba laptops seems good and is well supported in Fedora Core2 linux. in my ongoing class, one of my student (a toshiba laptop linux OS evaluator) seems to have installed fedora2 on their latest model (Supposedly not yet out on the market). Unfortunately, We haven't tested the wireless lancard.
--- "Mark Erbel O. Domingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > used mandrake/suse/debian/slackware/gentoo on a > really old compaq presario 1200. > > the software-based modem was flaky at best but > generally, the laptop > ran fine. now, it's with my dad (again) and now with > windows xp. > hehehe... > > On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:30:26 +0800, JM Ibanez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who here runs Linux on their laptops? I'm thinking > of getting a laptop > > (thinking, mind you-- buying is a different story > ;) ), and what to > > know what experiences people have installing and > using Linux on a > > laptop. (I know Dean has a Debian laptop, and > Sacha runs it on her > > Lifebook, IIRC.) > > > > Currently, I'm looking at older, second-hand > laptops and/or desknotes. > > > > In particular: > > > > * Hardware support issues - What hardware doesn't > work? Since I'm > > looking into a second-hand machine, in general, > how difficult is it to > > look for parts? > > * Is a Linux laptop suggestable? > > * Distro - I'm leaning towards Debian and > Slackware, but if you've run > > RH or MDK on a laptop, please share your > experiences > > * Kernel - I'm looking into using 2.6 and not 2.4, > since IIRC 2.6 has > > better (yet experimental) suspend support, which I > definitely need. > > * Desktop environment - I'm primarily a GNOME > user, so I'm leaning > > towards GNOME 2.4/2.6, but might switch to using > XFCE 4. Then again, I > > might drop to using IonWM instead, as I like being > (generally) mouse > > free. > > * Use - Primarily as a general-purpose and > development/coding machine. > > > > I'm assuming that, in general, the Linux laptop > experience is the same > > or similar across the major distros, but > distro-specific > > knowledge/experience is helpful. > > > > You'll have to excuse me, as I am clueless about > laptops in general, > > having been a desktop user all my computing life. > > > > (FWIW, I was able to install Mandrake 9 for a > friend on her Compaq > > (can't remember what model). The install was ok, > with the exception of > > the winmodem (good Lord, I hate 'em even if I have > to live with one). > > IIRC, I had installed KDE and not GNOME since she > preferred to use > > KDE. I think she's nuked the Linux partition > though.) > > > > (I'm checking the archives, and see several people > successfully > > install Linux on laptops.) > > > > -- > > JM Ibanez > > http://www.livejournal.com/~jmibanez/ > > http://www.mycgiserver.com/~butiki/ > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, > go to > > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
