[clug] Linux Laptop

[Dr Mikel]

Hmm...

I installed ubuntu-breezy, fedora3/4, rhel3 on an IBM r50e laptop.

15" screen 1024x768 :(
PM 1.6
512mb ram
PCMCIA dlink wireless (ndis wrapper to get working)
No touch pad only accupoint (preferred)

I like this laptop mainly because of keyboard layout, and you get a really 
cool light on the top of the screen so when its dark you can see. (handy if 
your afraid of the dark too).

Just a note of the toshibas be careful not to buy one made by toshiba but 
manufactured by another company compal, not sure if this is still the case 
but anything that came from there fell apart. Usually found in the cheaper 
models, but im sure if you ask the tosh rep they will confirm.

Anywho hope this helps, would like to know what you end up selecting and 
which dist is installed and how easy it was :)

cheers.
Michael.

>From: Duncan Bolt <duncan.bolt at anu.edu.au>
>To: Canberra Linux User Group <linux at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [clug] Linux Laptop
>Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:21:47 +1100
>
>Hi
>
>One of our academics wants to buy a laptop (he wants to put the order  in 
>today or tomorrow)
>
>He is after speed as he will be doing some number crunching on it.  Battery 
>Life is not a critical factor, it will be mainly used on mains.
>
>He will be travelling, so does not want it too large or for the  screen to 
>be too small, so 14" or 15" is about the right size.
>
>He needs it to be able to connect to things so wireless, and ethernet  
>essential.
>
>So any ideas on brands or distributions that will be easy for him to  use 
>and maintain. He is an experienced Unix user, but not an  adminstrator.
>
>He is currently looking at Toshibas.
>
>Thanks
>Duncan
>
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