[techtalk] laptops

[Lyta Alexander]

i've an ibm thinkpad 380ed dual booting slackware and dos it was no
problem setting up (i don't use X though so can't say about that
part) except that ibm shipped it with the serial port disabled and i
need that for my braille display


On Mon, 15 May 2000, [iso-8859-1] Caitlyn M=E1ire Maritn wrote:
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> Hi, Helena, and everyone else,
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> Another good choice with Linux is the IBM Thinkpad 600E, which is certifi=
ed
> to run with Linux by IBM.  Everything should work, and a number of compan=
ies
> are selling them with Red Hat Linux preinstalled.  We use them here at wo=
rk
> (though not with *nix), and they are extremely reliable.
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> I've seen ads claiming the Thinkpad 1440 (I series) is also Linux
> compatible, but I haven't seen an IBM certification for it so I'm not sur=
e
> that there isn't a Win-something in it.  I also haven't seen it offered
> preinstalled with Linux yet.
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> I hope this helps.
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> All the best,
> Caity