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Where are the Linux laptops?

Where are the Linux laptops?

Posted May 15, 2003 5:47 UTC (Thu) by tosk (guest, #5697)
Parent article: Where are the Linux laptops?

a KNOPPIX-Snapshot and a plain vanilla-laptop give a really good workhorse. if the manufactorer really were interested in, they could pre-install KNOPPIX without a lot of stress.

are
(uses HP-omnibook 4150 with gentoo)


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Where are the Linux laptops?

Posted May 15, 2003 7:49 UTC (Thu) by wolfrider (guest, #3105) [Link]

--True, but then there is the fact that depending on the laptop, the sound may not work (as well as other things.) But afa HW detection goes, knoppix is hard to beat and AFAIK second to none...

Where are the Linux laptops?

Posted May 15, 2003 9:08 UTC (Thu) by tjasper (subscriber, #4310) [Link]

I have installed Mandrake 9.1 on my Dell Inspiron 2500 with no problems. It dual boots with win_xp and win_98. I had to install the win_98 first and as the bootable (FAT32) partition, as LILO would trash the NTFS boot if the xp partition was the boot partition.

Sound, video, ethernet and modem all work out-of-the-box and I'm very impressed with the improvements in the installer on 9.1. I have been a fan of Mandrake since 7.0 and they keep getting better each release.

Linux on laptops is possible with Mandrake 9.1

Trevor

Where are the Linux laptops?

Posted May 22, 2003 9:47 UTC (Thu) by oever (subscriber, #987) [Link]

SuSE certifies laptops. So, you're pretty sure the laptop works with SuSE. Mandrake also has a database with certified hardware, but there are exactly 0 certified laptops. :-(

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