RE: Laptops

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

I've never had trouble running Linux on any laptop I've ever had, X
included.
Maybe if you have a strange new chipset or something, I know some of the
El-Cheapo notebooks are coming with some weird chip that I'd never heard of
before... but if the laptop uses a standard chip like an ATI, nVidia,
Matrox, or even a neomagic or S3, you're fine.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Engel [mailto:michael-engel@example.com]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 4:53 PM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Laptops


Hello,

Is the Linux situation still so bad with laptops ?

I will soon get a new computer with the new OS from ..... That upgrade will
give me the possibility to test Linux (SuSE 7.2) on a Fujitsu FMV Biblo
NEVIII23.
Are there any general recommendations what I should do or should not do ?
What are the problems with laptops ?

Thank you in advance.
Michael

-----Original Message-----
In general, laptops are not easy to configure if you want to run X, or it
have been.

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