Certified Linux Laptop

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Sat Aug 28 03:07:08 UTC 2004


On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 22:57, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
> I am looking to purchase a new laptop to use for Linux development
> onFC2.  My requirements are...
> 
> >= 1.5 GHz
> >= 1.0 GB
> >= 60 GB HD
> >= 1200 x 1024 NATIVE resolution
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM (minimum)
> Wireless (11Mb or 54Mb), 10/100/1000 NIC, sound, USB 2.0, PCMCIA
> Bluetooth would be nice
> Flawless functionality with FC2 and/or RH9
> 
> Any "tried and true" suggestions?
> 
> Thanx,
> Ryan

HP just announced linux based laptops.  They are using a version of Suse
on them.  Suppose to work well.  

I think "Flawless functionality" will be difficult to achieve with FC2. 
The wireless connection alone will require jumping through at least a
few hoops to get it to work.

The Dell Latitude I am using is not bad, but it is not nearly as fast as
you are looking for.  However I have not had any significant problems. 
I would like to get the display at a slightly higher resolution but it
is 4+ years old.

And the largest disk drive I have found is a 20GB drive and memory maxes
out at 256MB.  

For all that so far it has done everything I have needed.  

-- 
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com

To thine own self be true.  (If not that, at least make some money.) 





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