Re: IBM Thinkpad 600

2003-03-18 Thread John Abreau
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Ken D'Ambrosio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree entirely, and across the board. I love my Sony, but I have to > say that the IBM TP 600 (just installed Debian on one two weeks ago) is > a fine machine. Make sure you have enough RAM, but, b'si

Re: IBM Thinkpad 600

2003-03-18 Thread John Abreau
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi all - I have a friend who's considering getting an IBM Thinkpad 600 > to play with linux. Anybody have experience with one with linux? Good > or bad? > > Thanks in advance. A couple years ago I had

RE: IBM Thinkpad 600

2003-03-18 Thread Travis Roy
Hah, I just got one recently.. the little trackpoint thing was broken and I have a new keyboard on the way.. Anyway.. Thinkpads are very linux friendly. The nice thing about the 600 is that it has 3 buttons making X that much better. One thing to remember.. do NOT use lmsensors on a thinkpad EVER

IBM Thinkpad 600

2003-03-18 Thread Cole Tuininga
Hi all - I have a friend who's considering getting an IBM Thinkpad 600 to play with linux. Anybody have experience with one with linux? Good or bad? Thanks in advance. -- "Maybe I'll be able to get a job when I graduate..." -Linus Torvalds Cole Tuininga Lead Developer Code Energy, Inc [EMAI

Re: Oracle and Linux

2003-03-18 Thread Richard Soule
Ed Lawson wrote: > Seems like I remember a meeting at UNH where it was said Oracle would > never release a product for Linux even thought they had it running on > Linux for internal trials. Clearly maddog > Rich at futurism. I bow to his superior predictive capabilities. Of course I'll use my youn

Re: Oracle and Linux

2003-03-18 Thread pll
In a message dated: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:39:54 EST Ed Lawson said: >Richard Soule wrote: > >>I also remember some young kid explaining why Oracle didn't understand >>Linux... >> >Seems like I remember a meeting at UNH where it was said Oracle would >never release a product for Linux even thought

Re: Oracle and Linux

2003-03-18 Thread Ed Lawson
Richard Soule wrote: I also remember some young kid explaining why Oracle didn't understand Linux... Seems like I remember a meeting at UNH where it was said Oracle would never release a product for Linux even thought they had it running on Linux for internal trials. Ed Lawson ___

Oracle and Linux

2003-03-18 Thread Richard Soule
Some articles on things Oracle is doing with Linux: http://news.com.com/2008-1001-992907.html?tag=fd_nc_1 http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/index.html?1656846.html http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/1623351.html I can remember a talk a long time ago (early '90s?) when maddog explained wh

Re: Cheap price for Sharp Zaurus!!!!!!!!!

2003-03-18 Thread Hewitt Tech
Amazon.com has the new model for $499. They say it's being released March 21st and they are taking pre-orders now. I think the new model is the one I might buy. It looks like a decent system. I have a Compaq iPaq handheld (model 3670). I tried running Linux on it and succeeded in getting it install

Re: Cheap price for Sharp Zaurus!!!!!!!!!

2003-03-18 Thread Hewitt Tech
Oops! They're selling the 5500 for less. The new 5600 will be quite a bit more... -Alex - Original Message - From: "Jefferson Kirkland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:18 PM Subject: Cheap price for Sharp Zaurus! Everyone, I saw posted