From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPn20-0005eF-Qu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:58:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91E91E0492; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.osagesoftware.com (osagesoftware.com [216.144.204.42]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F59FE0492 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from osage.osagesoftware.com (osage.osagesoftware.com [192.168.1.10]) by mail.osagesoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E4C7BC3E; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:58:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:58:13 -0500 From: David Relson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: mike@gaima.co.uk Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo Message-ID: <20080214175813.704b1f46@osage.osagesoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <200802141714.58733.mike@gaima.co.uk> References: <200802141714.58733.mike@gaima.co.uk> Organization: Osage Software Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3de6465e-9eb9-47a7-a41b-3d53f7ff89cb X-Archives-Hash: fb387475e85f30a25898ef60cf8a2fec On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:14:58 +0000 Mike Williams wrote: > Hey all, > > I need a laptop. But the requirements are slightly odd. > This is for a machine to stay in our colo cage for use as a barcode > scanner, serial interface, basic GUI, and ssh server management > console, etc. It needs to have USB for an eToken, PS2 for a barcode > scanner, serial to manage PDUs KVM etc, on-board ethernet, and not be > flimsy, big, or expensive. > > Obviously we can easily get a USB to serial adapter, meaning we'd > need at least 2 USB ports, but a PS2 keyboard port seems a rarity > now-a-days. > > Battery life isn't really important. Doesn't need to be a properly > ruggadized, just sturdy. 15" or so screen, with a decent resolution > to fit webpages and OO documents etc, 17" is too big. 512-1G of ram, > so-so CPU (this P4M 1.8 I'm using is way more than powerful enough). > > Can anyone recommend a laptop that does all these things, runs Linux > happily (Gentoo of course), and isn't a Thinkpad (I was forced to use > one a few years ago, and hated it). Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter? I'm presently using a PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a single USB port (with a "Y" adapter -- dual PS/2 inputs and USB output). Also a USB hub might work to connect multiple USB devices to a single port. HTH, David -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list