Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo GNU/Linux?

["Shawn Singh" <callmeshawn@gmail.com>]

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I've got an IBM Thinkpad  Z60m and Thinkpad A21p on which Linux works great
(The A21p is running Gentoo 2006.0, and the Z60m is running Gentoo 2006.1).

On 1/5/07, Cliff Wells <cliff@develix.com> wrote:
>
> James wrote:
> > qfpvajdy <qfpvajdy <at> trashmail.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >> Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with
> Linux?
> >
> > Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the
> > store and just booted it up and got everything working, right
> > in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers,
> > take a usb flash and copy  the results of lscpi, lshw, etc
> > onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data  information
> > about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options,
> > remotely.
> >
> > Several trips might be necessary to get everything working....
>
> That sounds like a good suggestion.  I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I
> love.  I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work
> much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care
> about that).
>
> Regards,
> Cliff
>
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