[ale] Linux on Laptops

MCover geek0goddess at netscape.net
Sat Jun 29 20:46:28 EDT 2002 

Hello,
I install RH 7.3 on a HP Omnibook 6000, dual boot with M$ XP, also HP Omnibook 500, seems like RH 7.3 play well with others, and yep, is not the other way around. The only problem (so far) that i have is the OB6000 does not reboot, I have to hit the reset button ever single time, the OB500 is ok. There is a really cool site for Linux on Laptop http://www.linux-laptop.net/  --maybe you already hit this site

Good Luck
M

Dow Hurt <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> wrote:

>One of my coworkers acquired the new Apple G4 running OS/X.  It is the 
>sweetest laptop I have ever seen, and I have seen some really nice 
>ones.  OpenSSH preinstalled.  Has a really nice GUI for the "gooey 
>oriented people", has MSOffice preinstalled for licensing and runs fine, 
>but has Darwin as the underlying OS.  So it is a BSD variant engine with 
>the pretty GUI on top.  Has a titanium shell.  The LCD screen is wide 
>enough and very high res so you can have two full documents side by side 
>on the screen.  Built in Ethernet, Firewire, USB, Parallel, video in and 
>out, and just about anything you can think built right in.  It seems 
>expensive but isn't really for what you get.  The FPU on the RISC based 
>G4 at 800MHz is fast enough so you could run real computations for 
>science related research competitively with the heavy duty servers we 
>have here at KSU in the Chemistry Dept.  You have regular XWindows and 
>OpenGL enabled video hardware for visualization software like RasMol or 
>Schrodinger's chemistry modelling package Macromodel.  You have the MS 
>software running for those inconvenient moments when someone who doesn't 
>understand the issues sends you a proprietary binary file format known 
>as Word or Excel.  What else?  All the open source that will compile on 
>it is available.
>
>It weighs alot though at around 6 lbs.  Wireless ethernet built is 
>available.  DVD reader and CD-RW drive internal.  My friend paid 
>somewhere around $3000.  I don't think I would need any other computer 
>with something like this.  The Linux Magazine review said "Open Source 
>with Style" as their title.  I totally agree and am really wishing I had 
>the money.  My Dell Latitude runs just fine, but doesn't have the 
>capacity to function that this Mac has.  I was drooling over the sleek 
>case and ease of use between command line and GUI functions.  The GUI 
>feels like Gnome and not KDE.  I didn't have much time to evaluate it 
>but found that the usual shell access is right there and so I felt right 
>at home.
>
>Oh, yeah.  It has a five, repeat that, five hour battery life.  My 
>friend's machine was more advanced than the review in the hardware specs 
>so you should check the latest available specs.  It is definitely on my 
>wish list!
>
>My boss has a disability that prevents her from carrying heavy weights 
>for any length of time.  We found www.dynamism.com which sells the 
>latest Japanese laptops here in the US.  They support them themselves 
>and load the latest MS OS as part of the deal.  The capabilities of 
>these machines are phenomenal for the weight, however, the BIOS/CMOS is 
>in Japanese! ;-)  We purchased one for about $3500 a couple of years ago 
>that was 3lbs in the case with power supply, floppy disk, and all 
>accessories.  Had Ethernet and USB built in.  Really nice little 
>machine, however, if the weight doesn't bother you the Mac is still the 
>winner in my mind.
>Dow
>
>
>John LaPierre wrote:
>
>>Geoffrey's Omnibook post prompted me to post this message - 
>>
>>Last December I bought a Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504 notebook. And for the 
>>stock XP Home Edition it worked OK. But of course I had to put a real OS on 
>>it. Well, I did not do my homework. A simple Google moment would have steered 
>>me away from the Toshiba Satellite 5000 series altogether. They are 'legacy 
>>free', read "no bios access". The only bios access is through an applet that 
>>will only run in Windows XP. How convenient for M$. So just to install linux, 
>>I have to download several patches, compile my kernel a certain way, and then 
>>I get almost full functionality. 
>>
>>To make a long story short, if you are looking for a Linux friendly laptop, 
>>look beyond the Toshiba 5000 - 6000 series. There is also a class action suit 
>>being brought against Toshiba for a flaw in the design of this series that 
>>causes overheating and shutdown every few minutes. I thankfully have not had 
>>that problem, but many hundreds have and they're organizing now.  
>>
>>http://putland.linux-site.net/mailman/listinfo/toshiba-5005
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toshiba5005/
>>
>>I will be giving this laptop to my daughter when she leaves for college this 
>>August, so if anyone can recommend of a Linux friendly laptop that I can 
>>replace it with, I'd be grateful. Thanks...
>>
>>jj
>>
>>  
>>
>
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