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 1EUokH-0005UE-8w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:07:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9QH6Txn009074; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:06:29 GMT Received: from mail.magrittesystems.com (adsl-64-173-154-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.173.154.114]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9QH2XSJ012130 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:02:33 GMT Received: by mail.magrittesystems.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D2C653C13B7; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.magrittesystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD923C13B6 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT) From: michael@michaelshiloh.com X-X-Sender: michael@mail.magrittesystems.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] laptop In-Reply-To: <7e7f5e710510260829s6fb6bf0dye35cab8d972fb1c0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <200510260854.37937.john@jolet.net> <7e7f5e710510260829s6fb6bf0dye35cab8d972fb1c0@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 13c4274d-db9d-4a9b-8d00-77f2c83824cf X-Archives-Hash: 003a0e07500ef050becb387bbfdb1fa8 As a gross first pass, my impression is that ThinkPads and Dells seem to do well with Linux. Do your collective experiences confirm or deny this? Michael On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, A. R. wrote: > Hi, > > I run Gentoo on an IBM ThinkPad T41p. > This is a very nice laptop and very Linux-friendly. > > HTH, > > - AR > > > On 10/26/05, John Jolet wrote: >> >> I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll be >> putting gentoo on it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very small >> 'n' >> light laptop known to be pretty much a slam dunk to get gentoo on (with >> sound >> and wireless, etc)? >> >> I'm currently using a dell inspiron 1100 and gentoo slid on very easily. >> Oh, >> and they want it a grand or under (us dollars). Thanks. >> -- >> John Jolet >> Your On-Demand IT Department >> 512-762-0729 >> www.jolet.net >> john@jolet.net >> -- >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > > > -- > The absence of war does not mean peace. > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list