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Re: best laptops for debian linux



On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:19:22AM +0200, Magnus von Koeller wrote:

> well the one basic rule I've set up for my next purchase is this one: 
> Do NOT buy from Dell. Dell does not support Linux and actually does 
> everything to make it as difficult as possible to use. They mess with 
> the BIOS in non-standard ways so that not even the official Windows 
> drivers work anymore (only the drivers from Dell still work).
> 

That is interesting.  Our management recently decided to buy Dell
servers.  We tested installation of different operating systems on
IBM, HP and Dell servers and the Dell-server was the easiest to install
Linux on.  As a Linux system administrator, I tried both Redhat and
Debian (using the bonzai-image) and did not have any installation
problems.

Regards
Johann
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Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch

     "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
      man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, 
      and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for 
      he will abundantly pardon."          Isaiah 55:7 



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