RE: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Mehn [mailto:glen@burningman.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:16 PM
> To: Jérôme Marant
> Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question
>
> go for the thinkpad. They're heavily linux-supported, and are built like
> rocks.
>
> (i.e., strong, not just sitting around)
>
> Although I think that the R series are the heavier models, they're
> pretty nice. IMO the T23 is the best power/portability-- about 2 1/2 kg.
> I think that the R series may break your '3 kg' rule, but IIRC it's a
> lot cheaper...
I second (or third) the call for the Thinkpad. I have used the T20, A22, and R31 models, and all three work just fine with Debian. The R31 required XFree 4.2, which I don't think is available in Woody. With the R31, I got strange mouse movements which I believe are related to apm. All of the sudden, the mouse freaks out and starts moving and clicking everywhere. I mainly use my R31 in WinXP, but I hope to be fully moved over to Sid by the first of next year.
If you have any Debian-specific questions to configurations on the R31, let me know. I still have working configs. They might help you if you got an R32, etc.
Jeremy
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