Re: researching before possible laptop purchase

["Chris Theiss" <ctheiss@interpublic.com>]

Check out www.linux-laptop.net.  They have documentation (submitted by 
users, mostly) about installing just about any distro on any model 
laptop out there.  It's a good site to peruse when you're looking for 
info about how tricky a linux install might be on a particular model.

Alice M. Pinard wrote:

> I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested
> in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train
> sorta thing).... so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a
> bare-bones debian system (supporting hds, floppies ferinstance, but probably
> not networking.. no email, or games) onto
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> so, here for the FM pointer requests
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> is there anything I should read that might discuss danger hardware to avoid?
> is there anything I should read that might discuss basic laptop hardware
> that's easy for debian to deal with?
> is there anything I should read before attempting to purchase a laptop that
> could help in my decision-making process?
> is there anything I should read before installing if I've only ever
> installed debian on a desktop computer?
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> -Alice
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