[KLUG Members] Question On Linux Friendly laptop

[bill]

I've always bought IBM Thinkpad laptops.

As far as reliability, I never recommend any other brand of laptop.  The
two greatest hardware devices I've ever seen are HP Laserjets (the ones
that look like a big box, the II, the III, the 4, etc.) and IBM
Thinkpads. They both seem to last forever.  I've never used any other
laptop that seemed as well built as a Thinkpad.  I even got sued over
this issue once.  Doesn't matter, as far as I'm concerned, I've never
seen anything as good as a Thinkpad, nor can I recommend anything else
as good.


As far as Linux compatibility, I have limited experience.  But, I've
brought the T-40 (centrino, 802.11b) to KLUG several times, booted
flawlessly off of a KNOPPIX CD and it all just worked.  It found the
built-in wireless and gave me instant access to the wireless network
there.  All the programs I tried worked. 

kind regards,

bill

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 14:52, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > > Is centrino supported on Linux? 
> > 
> > Don't know.
> 
> I have a Toshiba Centrino (Satellite Pro M15-S405) and the wireless is
> supported as of SuSE 9.2.  (SuSE 9.1 and before had to use ndiswrapper)
> 
> Speedstep also works (slowing clock speed to save battery).
> 
> Suspend works (mostly), as long as you don't use the Nvidia binary X
> driver.
> 
> I've heard that the newer Centrino wireless (802.11g) cards aren't
> supported natively in Linux yet (YMMV), but the 801.11b works fine
> on a newer distro.  At least mine does ...  
> 
> For more details on my laptop:
> 
>   http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/tech/m15-s405/
> 
> > > Looking for durability and good brand. 
> > 
> > For durability there is only IBM.
> 
> Agree.
> 
>  - BS
> 
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