[linux-help] Re: Linux laptop compatibility

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't say which IBM ThinkPad model you are looking at, so it is
hard to say. I have successfully got linux to work on a couple
different Thinkpads. Some of the older models like my 760 incorporate
an MWAVE device for sound and modem. I don't think that there is any
Linux support for that, so I don't have sound or the modem with
it. Other than that it works fine.

Steve

On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:15:50AM -0500, rohrer aaron l wrote:
> 
> Hey,
>       I'm getting set to buy a refurbished laptop--probably either an
> IBM ThinkPad or a Dell Inspiron in the 650MHz to 1.0GHz range--and will be
> putting Linux RedHat 7.2 on it.
>       I have done a fair amount of research on my own and have read a
> number of online documents about Linux on laptops.  These two models seem
> to be among the top Linux-compatible laptops. Anybody have any experience
> with Linux on these models, or have any suggestions? Advice? Horror
> stories?
>       I am moderately experienced with Linux and have successfully
> installed Mandrake on a desktop I built. But I have never had a laptop
> before, have never used RedHat and am not an expert at tweaking and
> configuring Linux.
> 
> -Aaron Rohrer
> 
> 
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