Re: researching before possible laptop purchase
Alice, I recently got a NEC SX from e-bay at 330$. 192MB Ram, 6GbHD, 14" LCD, Pentium II 366. It's a good one. Instalation was OK, but I had to play around to get X working. That is usually the most difficult thing to get running. Use XF86Setup to configure it. If it doesn't work, then you may see on http://www.linux-laptop.net/ what people has done with your laptop. In general, before purchasing a laptop, check it against http://www.linux-laptop.net/. regards, alberto. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: researching before possible laptop purchase
Check out www.linux-laptop.net. They have documentation (submitted by users, mostly) about installing just about any distro on any model laptop out there. It's a good site to peruse when you're looking for info about how tricky a linux install might be on a particular model. Alice M. Pinard wrote: I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a bare-bones debian system (supporting hds, floppies ferinstance, but probably not networking.. no email, or games) onto so, here for the FM pointer requests is there anything I should read that might discuss danger hardware to avoid? is there anything I should read that might discuss basic laptop hardware that's easy for debian to deal with? is there anything I should read before attempting to purchase a laptop that could help in my decision-making process? is there anything I should read before installing if I've only ever installed debian on a desktop computer? -Alice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: researching before possible laptop purchase
On 20-Jun-2002 Alice M. Pinard wrote: > I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested > in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train > sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a > bare-bones debian system (supporting hds, floppies ferinstance, but probably > not networking.. no email, or games) onto > > so, here for the FM pointer requests > > is there anything I should read that might discuss danger hardware to avoid? > is there anything I should read that might discuss basic laptop hardware > that's easy for debian to deal with? > is there anything I should read before attempting to purchase a laptop that > could help in my decision-making process? > is there anything I should read before installing if I've only ever > installed debian on a desktop computer? find a few in the range you are willing to spend and do a google search. linux toshiba 12321 for instance for a toshiba 12321 laptop (made up number). The good news is anything in the 2 - 3 year old range is likely to be fully supported, except for the modem. But that should not be an issue for you. Import things to investigate are: is the video card supported in XFree 4.x? most are but it always pays to check. does it have enough memory? how about disk space? if you wanted to could you put a new hard drive in? more memory? compiling c++ apps is a memory hog. do you prefer touchpad, trackball, or pointing sticks? how heavy is it? what is the actual "carry" weight with the ac adapter? 7 pounds of laptop is murder on the shoulder after a bit of walking. if you care about sound is that supported? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: researching before possible laptop purchase
Alice, I recently got a NEC SX from e-bay at 330$. 192MB Ram, 6GbHD, 14" LCD, Pentium II 366. It's a good one. Instalation was OK, but I had to play around to get X working. That is usually the most difficult thing to get running. Use XF86Setup to configure it. If it doesn't work, then you may see on http://www.linux-laptop.net/ what people has done with your laptop. In general, before purchasing a laptop, check it against http://www.linux-laptop.net/. regards, alberto. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: researching before possible laptop purchase
Check out www.linux-laptop.net. They have documentation (submitted by users, mostly) about installing just about any distro on any model laptop out there. It's a good site to peruse when you're looking for info about how tricky a linux install might be on a particular model. Alice M. Pinard wrote: >I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested >in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train >sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a >bare-bones debian system (supporting hds, floppies ferinstance, but probably >not networking.. no email, or games) onto > >so, here for the FM pointer requests > >is there anything I should read that might discuss danger hardware to avoid? >is there anything I should read that might discuss basic laptop hardware >that's easy for debian to deal with? >is there anything I should read before attempting to purchase a laptop that >could help in my decision-making process? >is there anything I should read before installing if I've only ever >installed debian on a desktop computer? > >-Alice > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: researching before possible laptop purchase
On 20-Jun-2002 Alice M. Pinard wrote: > I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested > in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train > sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a > bare-bones debian system (supporting hds, floppies ferinstance, but probably > not networking.. no email, or games) onto > > so, here for the FM pointer requests > > is there anything I should read that might discuss danger hardware to avoid? > is there anything I should read that might discuss basic laptop hardware > that's easy for debian to deal with? > is there anything I should read before attempting to purchase a laptop that > could help in my decision-making process? > is there anything I should read before installing if I've only ever > installed debian on a desktop computer? find a few in the range you are willing to spend and do a google search. linux toshiba 12321 for instance for a toshiba 12321 laptop (made up number). The good news is anything in the 2 - 3 year old range is likely to be fully supported, except for the modem. But that should not be an issue for you. Import things to investigate are: is the video card supported in XFree 4.x? most are but it always pays to check. does it have enough memory? how about disk space? if you wanted to could you put a new hard drive in? more memory? compiling c++ apps is a memory hog. do you prefer touchpad, trackball, or pointing sticks? how heavy is it? what is the actual "carry" weight with the ac adapter? 7 pounds of laptop is murder on the shoulder after a bit of walking. if you care about sound is that supported? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
