What kind of laptop?

Simon Haddon simon at sibern.com.au
Thu Dec 5 09:26:10 EST 2002


I have (am still writting) a howto for the TE2100.  I have put it on my 
web site and requested that linux-laptop add it to their site.  They 
haven't yet but I can give you the link. 
http://www.sibern.com.au/laptop/te2100 

Simon.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 5/12/02, 9:24:20 AM, Chris Henman <henman at pobox.com> wrote regarding Re: 
What kind of laptop?:


> S,

> Thanks for that. I should have thought of looking for a laptop howto.
> Either f...ing old age or stupidity!

> cxh

> PS Oops, I forgot ...

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> Simon Haddon wrote:
> > I have recently purchased a Toshiba TE2100.  I have both WinXP and Linux
> > running on it.  I have found that the only time that I use WinXP is to
> > change the BIOS settings for the boot order and if I want to watch a DVD
> > without having to touch the keyboard to stop the screen blanking out
> > which I'm sure I will work out how to do in Linux.
> >
> > I had trouble getting any information as to how to configure linux to run
> > on it.  I used http://www.linux-laptop.com/ as a guide but there are no
> > references to a TE2100 and the TE2000 is quite different.  After about a
> > week of stuffing around I managed to get system up and running nicely
> > using either RH8 or MDK9.
> >
> > I now find that I'm in linux 98% of the time and as soon as I get the key
> > bindings for the "Fn" keys and get a program for managing the BIOS then I
> > will probably dump WinXP.  It is a nice machine and it doesn't have any
> > silly silver/metalic paint on it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > On 4/12/02, 1:22:48 PM, Chris Henman <henman at pobox.com> wrote regarding Re:
> > What kind of laptop?:
> >
> >
> >
> >>What is the feeling about Toshiba Satellites w.r.t. linux (any 
flavour).
> >>I have a Satellite 4080xcdt; PII 330 and 128MB of RAM.
> >>Comments please.
> >
> >
> >>cxh
> >
> >
> >
> >>John Griffiths wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>So does anyone know a good source for second hand laptops they'd like 
to
> >>>recommend?
> >>>
> >>>as my chances of getting a Tibook for xmas are diminishing (been a bad
> >>
> > boy)
> >
> >>>At 12:39 PM 12/4/02 +1100, James McNeill wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>But the Tibook is just *THAT* cool
> >>>>
> >>>>It look sooo nice
> >>>>widescreen
> >>>>1 ghz G4
> >>>>1/2 gig RAM
> >>>>DVD burner
> >>>>gigabit ethernet
> >>>>
> >>>>what more d'ya wan't?
> >>>>Besides, I'd rather give my money to apple, and get a copy of OS X to
> >>>
> > boot,
> >
> >>>>than throw money at Dell or HP and get yet another copy of windows 
that
> >>>
> > i
> >
> >>>>can put in a box the others.
> >>>>
> >>>>I'll get a Tibook ..... as soon as i can afford a new car, a house, a
> >>>
> > girl
> >
> >>>>(v. expensive), and a PDA.
> >>>>Once i've got all that sorted (in about 55 years), Tibook all the way
> >>>
> > baby!
> >
> >>>>-JAmes
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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