From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EUvpu-0003uJ-4Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:41:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9R0dFmJ032035; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:39:15 GMT Received: from mra03.ch.as12513.net (mra03.ch.as12513.net [82.153.252.25]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9R0POnY003708 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:25:24 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra03.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3B3D42C0 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:25:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra03.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra03.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26704-01-32 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:25:23 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.1.71] (pornpipe.stroller.uk.eu.org [213.152.39.89]) by mra03.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E37AD426A for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:25:23 +0100 (BST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <20051026155740.61e1f222@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> References: <200510260854.37937.john@jolet.net> <20051026155740.61e1f222@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <526f1c1ba70708f7da65d3a2e1777788@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] laptop Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:25:28 +0100 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk X-Archives-Salt: be4fa66e-bbe0-4ef7-a038-6bfefe822c4e X-Archives-Hash: 7880b8c7b83e4f8d6606d80c2ac16602 On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:57 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:20:40 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote: > >> Seems to me, "very small 'n' light" is mutually exclusive with "grand >> or >> under". >> >> Unless you're interested in running GentooPPC on an iBook? > > Works for me, but you'll need a USB wireless adaptor, there are no > drivers for the built in wireless. This would incline me towards an IBM Stinkpad. Lots of cheap ones about now that IBM have sold the brand to Lenovo & they still seem just as well constructed. I believe Centrino is supported by Linux, and I wouldn't expect any major problems with a Thinkpad apart from wireless. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list