Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-14 Thread John Holland
I'm very happy with a Sony VAIO GRX-670, it runs Debian nicely (and did well with Mandrake as well) On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 10:06:22PM -0700, Josh Rehman wrote: > Andy Firman wrote: > > >On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: > > > > > >>I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily

Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-13 Thread Josh Rehman
Andy Firman wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian linux. I do not need a high end graphics card, nor is there a real need for a big screen. Being light weight is not a primary factor, whereas rugged rel

Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-13 Thread Ian Silvester
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian linux. I do not need a high end graphics card, nor is there a real need for a big screen. Being light weight is not a primary factor, whereas rugged reliability would be. Can

Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-12 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
Given recent versions (ObReference: I normally run Unstable on my laptops) of Debian I've had no problems with either my Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 or my Sony Vaio PCG-C1MWP... I should note that I say "no problems" but it really means nothing that has been a show stopper... Neithe

Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-12 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:25:30 -0800 Andy Firman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: > > I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian > > linux. > I am on my 3rd IBM Thinkpad and ALL of them ran Debian perfectly. I concur. [

Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-12 Thread Andy Firman
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: > I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian > linux. I do not need a high end graphics card, nor is there a real > need for a big screen. Being light weight is not a primary factor, > whereas rugged reliability would