On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 09:46:09PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Guys, > > I'm thinking about getting a new laptop and thought I would come to this group > for some recommendations. > > I want something that is relatively small to make using it in the vehicle > easier. I have a laptop with a 17 inch wide screen display and it's just too > large. > > I like the size of the Asus Eee PC, but I think the small amount of storage > will be a significant limiting factor. > > So, I'm looking for recommendations from this group. The primary purpose of > the laptop will be Xastir and related software, so I plan on running some > Linux distribution, so my first requirement is to get a laptop for which I can > get Linux drivers. > > Does anyone have any recommendations?
http://system76.com Wholeheartedly recommended from experience as a good vendor of laptops running linux, with fantastic support. Linux laptops are their whole business. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "It's so simple to be wise: just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." --- Sam Levinson _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
