In general there are very few drivers (especially for their pc's) that IBM isn't going to support for linux. An IBM T20 series is a good line of laptops that's fully supported. The Dell's have problems with modems being integrated into the sound cards. This makes them impossible to use. That's wonderful. I like my laptop though and it's a Dell Latitude CPt. Good luck in your search.
BTW which kernel is the current version of RL using? Chris Tooley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Cheek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [rl-users] hardware > fyi ibm has open sourced their winmodem drivers, and one just made it into > the kernel. we include that driver now [mwave]. > > On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, dc wrote: > > > Speaking of laptops, is there a recommended/approved > > hardware list? > > > > RL is similar to Caldera, right? Do they have a > > recommended hardware list? > > > > The reason I ask is that I'm going to buy a new laptop > > and wanted to make sure it would work. > > > > I've heard Toshiba's are good. I've also heard that > > IBM's are notorious for Winmodem problems? > > > > As I mentioned to the list, I've attempted to install > > RL on a couple of Dell laptops with mostly success. > > > > One thing I was looking forward to in RL is that you > > wouldn't have to recompile the kernel three or four > > times to "get it right". > > > > What I liked about the 7.x SuSE install is that when > > it was done, everything worked. Sound, video, etc. > > > > But, it was too bloated and I didn't like the way it > > handled configuration changes and the like. > > > > RL has everything I need, minus a couple of laptop > > specific programs. It's clean, neat, and simple and > > it doesn't fill up half my hard drive. Thought I would > > end it on a positive note (-: > > > > I'm really eager to play with the Remote Control(?) package. > > > > My Father-In-Law is needing a laptop for his job and > > I was really thinking about putting RL on it (1) for the > > the simplicity and now (2) for the remote admin. > > > > later. > > > > - > > -- > > rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of > > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > > > > - > -- > rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > - -- rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/
