On Sun, May 17, 1998 at 11:47:24AM -0500, robert havoc pennington wrote: > > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Stefan Baums wrote: > > > > I'll buy a notebook computer shortly, and one of my prime concerns is > > that GNU/Linux will not only run on it somehow, but actually use the > > available hardware features. At the moment, I'm considering the > > > > If you really want to be sure your best bet is to get it with Linux > preinstalled from one of the Linux vendors, like VA Research. They can > install Windows too, I think. The if the hardware isn't Linux-friendly you > have someone to hold responsible. > > Havoc Pennington ==== http://pobox.com/~hp >
I'm living in Germany, and ordering a notebook from VA Research (in the USA) seems like going too far. Besides, their web page gives the impression that they do not just bundle any notebook with Linux, and the one they advertise (the NEC 6260 MX) a) is at $5560 a bit above my budget, and b) uses a proprietary NeoMagic graphics chipset which is something I try to avoid on principle. Come to think of it, I do not know about any German vendor offering Linux preinstalled. Thanks for your suggestion, Stefan
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