> Hi,
> I'm thinking of buying an older laptop to install Linux on. Around 120Mhz
> or 150Mhz should be good. Does anyone have any suggestions on which would
> be best or maybe horror stories of a particular make that I should stay away
> from? I don't want to spend $400 on something and get stuck with having to
> run Windows. Any advice would help.
>
> Thanks
> Pat
>
If you are looking at one of the better know brands (IBM, Compaq, Toshiba...) you can
probably find entire pages devoted entirely to Linux on that machine. However if you
have your eye on something a little less know and can't find a good page on it,
consider looking at the components and doing a little research. If you want to run X
check the video card in the machine and make sure that it is supported. Personally
mine wasn't(and I almost cried) but I found a fix on the web. Same goes for the
modem... if that is important to you... You probably won't get a "true" modem but look
on www.linmodems.org and see if you can get a modem that "might" have some support
already... or coming in the near future. Likewise for the soundcard, yada yada
yada....
Good Luck.
Cheers
Erik.
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