Hi gang, Well, with the 0% financianing out there I'm seriously considering dumping my current notebook and taking all my Christmas cash to get a machine that works better with linux. I'm sick of this HP buggy BIOS that won't let linux read the thermal or battery data, even with acpi, so this'll go back to winXP for my wife, we'll dump the desktop completely, and I'll get the new machine. My question is, what's known to work with Linux. Are Toshiba's friendly? I'm not touching a compaq with a 10 foot pole, and does anyone have an HP laptop that is fully functional with linux? What about the latest Dells? Or even, gasp GATEWAY???? I checked out linux on laptops, but most of the models weren't even close so I figured I'd ask all of you... Wes
Hi Wes, There is alot of information at this website: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ For me, my Sony VAIO PCG-FXA36 works fine with SuSE Linux 8.1 except for the built in modem. However, I *think* there's a driver available for the modem, but I have not tried it. As Doug mentioned, the battery life stinks (a little over an hour), and at $250 for a 2nd battery, they can keep it. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org
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