"Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
> other devices.
>
Benjamin Scott writes:
> And they still haven't figured out how to release a proper Windoze
> drivers (one that doesn't have syntax violations for the RIS INF
> parser).
What's that? (RIS INF parser)
Goggling this tells me that it is some sort of Remote Installation
Service, but more than that
On Aug 24 at 5:20pm, Dan Jenkins wrote:
... Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and Broadcom doesn't
play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom, doesn't it?
... companies where that butthead mentality reigns
(Broadcom being just one example
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
> other devices.
I have a
enneth E. Lussier
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:32 AM
> To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
> Subject: Laptop Suggestions
>
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up
> as a traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wi
On Aug 24, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
Yellow Dog Linux or Fedora Core 4 PPC or SuSE PPC might also be a
candidate.
Ubuntu, also. I've downloaded and played with their LiveCD on an iMac
and it was pretty slick.
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Michael ODonnell wrote:
You'd have to get a PCMCIA wireless card if you go that route
because the Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and
Broadcom doesn't play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom,
doesn't it?
I've got an HP zd7000 s
> You'd have to get a PCMCIA wireless card if you go that route
> because the Apple "Airport Extreme" is a Broadcom chipset, and
> Broadcom doesn't play well with Open Source.
The butthead mentality appears to be dominant at Broadcom,
doesn't it?
I've got an HP zd7000 series machine that's pret
On Aug 24, 2005, at 12:42, Michael Costolo wrote:
Does it *HAVE* to be linux? I recently picked up a Powerbook (BSD).
Fabulous
piece of hardware.
Yellow Dog Linux or Fedora Core 4 PPC or SuSE PPC might also be a
candidate. You'd have to get a PCMCIA wireless card if you go that
route becau
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From: "Greg Rundlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Laptop Suggestions
> On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Howdy all,
&
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Howdy all,I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as atraveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I willneed it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
other devices.The system
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:39 -0400, David Ecklein wrote:
> FWIW - A client brought in a Dell Inspiron 5160 that was hammered by a
> virus - I cleared the HD, loaded only her WinXP and Norton Internet
> Security - nothing else. This 2.8Gb-P4-256MB doorstop ran like a snail! I
> was embarrassed to c
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:32:52 -0400
Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The ThinkPads caught my eye,
> as we're been very happy with them in the office for the past couple
> of years. They seem to be pretty rugged.
Same here. Almost daily trips to client sites, three (four??)
years now.
On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
All suggestions are welcome. I'm currently looking at
http://www.emperorlinux.com for pre-installed linux laptops, but if a
thinkpad/dell/gateway/whatever is best, then that's what I'll go with
There's a tradeoff between what you're willi
On 8/24/05, Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
> traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
> need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
> other de
Howdy all,
I'm looking for an extremely Linux-friendly laptop to set up as a
traveling demo system. The laptop has to have a wireless card, as I will
need it to run in ad-hoc mode so that it can act as a wireless AP for
other devices.
The system is going to serve DHCP and tftp to wireless devices
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