I am looking for a good (preferrably cheap: less than $700) laptop to install Linux on. If you have had success with a particular brand let me know.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/64568775.html
It ran Fedora Core 2 quite well, particularly once I switched from Gnome to XFCE. The T20 is actually one of the very small group of laptops that shipped with Linux installed, so the hardware support is quite good. I even got suspend to disk working!
-sam
Re:Want a T20?
zatoichi on 2005-03-23T19:13:29
I am in talks for my first actual paid Perl job. Hopefully I will get it. If I do, I am thinking I will need a laptop.
I have an iBook for my personal use but since the company uses Linux I thought being closer to the setup would probably help me.
While OSX is based on BSD it does have some oddities.Re:Want a T20?
jdavidb on 2005-03-23T21:22:31
I have made dual boot Linux/OS X work fine with Debian and Gentoo.
Re:Want a T20?
zatoichi on 2005-03-24T02:23:11
Can I do that without wipeing out my current setup? I have never looked into dual booting OSX.Re:Want a T20?
jdavidb on 2005-03-24T14:36:53
That I don't know. I think even over in the Windows world attempting to preserve a current setup and install a dual-boot system is iffy, and I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't possible for Mac.
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zatoichi on 2005-03-24T15:17:40
Ah, I would get another laptop then. I like to keep my worlds separate. Plus, I will make enough to pay it off in a month. If I get the job that is.Re:Want a T20?
zatoichi on 2005-03-23T19:14:28
BTW, I really like XFCE4. That is probably what I would use if I didn't use GNOME.
