[Techtalk] thinkpad opinions wanted

Michelle Konzack linux4michelle at freenet.de
Mon Sep 3 19:00:24 UTC 2007


Am 2007-09-03 14:52:18, schrieb Michelle M:
> Carla Schroder wrote:
> > hey all,
> > 
> > I have a nice older Thinkpad R32 that is a great little machine. Its only flaw 
> > is the screen is not as bright as I want, so I'm thinking of getting a newer 
> > Thinkpad. I like the 14" screen size because that is perfect for bed or 
> > sitting on the couch. Are the newer ones brighter, like the R61 for one 
> > example?
> 
> Be careful with the R60! They started shipping it with a new wireless 
> chipset (Atheros) which has a bug in Ubuntu, at least (I think when I 
> googled it's actually a lack of recent driver, or some such - so it 
> maybe distro independent.)

The Wifi does work on Debian with 2.6.18 and I have a/b/g availlable.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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