----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:03 PM Subject: RE: Laptop for RH
> > > > > > Start with what features you need in a Laptop. > > > > Is it really "runs RedHat" or is it "runs Linux"? > > > > For example, all those adds showing someone sitting on a beach using > > their laptop. Well we all know that's nonsense the battery goes dead > > and you can't see the screen, let alone high speed internet > > connectivity. > > > > Well I wanted to do what's shown in the adds. With a NEC Versa Daylite > > and a Sprint Sanyo 4900 PCS phone you can. > > > > But what about RedHat? Well I just could not get it to load with > > Daylite usb cdrom or network card. But SuSE loaded just fine. So on > > our desktops and servers we run RedHat, on this notebook I run SuSE and > > Win 2000. There was a small learning curve with YasT, but knowing about > > more than one distro isn't such a bad idea anyway. > > > > It's always important to be sure you are asking the right question. > > > > The original poster did indeed ask the right question. As you recall > it was "I'd like to find out what laptops work the best with RH 9.0 and if > anyone has any recommendations." What part of that became "Does so and so > laptop run Red Hat?" > > Perhaps he only wishes to deal with Red Hat Linux, specifically > version 9. With that in mind, knowing what laptops will run okay or > perfectly with a default Red Hat 9 would provide him with the opportunity to > examine a range of laptops some of which may perfectly match his needs, > others which may fall short and a few that are beyond what his needs are. > > I must also add another excellent place to look for Linux Laptops... > > http://www.emperorlinux.com > > They have a number of available models to choose from and they list > the manufacturer, if you want to save a few bucks and buy from the > manufacturer. If you really support Linux you, should buy a preconfigured > Linux laptop from Emperorlinux. They do a great deal of R&D to get laptops > running with Linux. > > -Rob I installed RH 9 on a Toshiba Satelite and the w-lan card was found and worked at once, so all other features did, just great, no trouble. SUsE didīt work that well on the laptop but found scanner and digital camera at once when connected to my desktop machine. Frank > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
