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  1. August 19th, 2001, 10:15 AM #1
    cF_nM
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    laptop linux box

    I'm looking for a dealer that sells decent laptops made for linux boxes...any suggestions?
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  2. August 19th, 2001, 10:38 PM #2
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    IBM or Gateway have some good *nix packages.
  3. August 20th, 2001, 03:58 AM #3
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    I agree about the IBM boxes....afterall they make the e-servers with *NIX. Also, Dell laptops are very compatible with Linux.
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  4. August 20th, 2001, 03:47 PM #4
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    Exclamation Things to watch for

    I have heard that linux has a hard time with the modem/nic card combo. It also will have a problem with the mouse. I installed my linux on a gateway and I have had to do a lot just to get my cd rom and floppy to mount. I am still having trouble with my modem. I think that my seperate nic card is causing conflicts with my internal modem. Just some things to research on.
  5. August 20th, 2001, 03:59 PM #5
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    Lightbulb Sure...whatever...and then some.

    Your cd rom is going to be tricky. What I ended up doing was to place a mount and open routine in /usr/local/bin/cd. This solved my problem rather nicely. It isn't hard to do...go to the /dev directory associated with your cd rom. do some playing and remounting ... when you find the right combination... copy the procedure into a shell script called cdopen or some such thing and away you go. I am in the process of rewriting my script in C and i will post it later.

    As for other hardware problems...I won't tell you all the answers but there is a place you can go to get them. The hardware configuration and compatability link at http://www.redhat.com
  6. August 20th, 2001, 05:03 PM #6
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    I have the answer. KILL Linux and buy a real OS like free BSD.
  7. August 20th, 2001, 05:17 PM #7
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    Boy...aren't we the little gem of the day Quad?
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  8. August 20th, 2001, 07:35 PM #8
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    Cool Compaq laptops

    I have a compaq m700 and m300 and they are both running Redhat 7.1. The only thing I suggest, as with most laptops not made for *NIX operating systems is to replace the modem with a non-winmodem. Everything else on these two comps works great. I just had to replace the modem becasue they would only work under Windows. You can get a good 700MHZ for pretty cheap on EBAY also as these are "last-weeks" models.
  9. August 20th, 2001, 10:20 PM #9
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    Originally posted by hogfly
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  10. August 24th, 2001, 05:02 PM #10
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    www.emperorlinux.com sells laptops preconfigured with linux.

    I have Slack 8 running on a Toshiba 2140xcds Satelitte laptop. Winmodem is the only problem., and since I have a pcmcia nic and 56k it is a non-issue.

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