Hi Tim, *, Tim wrote: > > > > i might have to think real hard about the ibm. do they have any > > machines designed for linux, meaning all the cool built-ins > > (nic, wlan, bluetooth, sound) definitely work with linux? this > > is where i may do better with a refurb or used machine, i guess. > > > > i'm currently using a thinkpad r51. sound works, 3d acceleration works > (quake3 runs smoothly), wlan works, gigabit ethernet works. s2d does not > work with ACPI yet, but that may be due to me lacking the skills to get it > running. a friend told me he got s2d working using APM, i'll try that > within the next few days. it seems to me that most of the components ibm > uses work wuite good with linux. see > http://www.sp1r1t.de/networks/linux_on_ibm_thinkpad_r51.html for more > info. try to use swsusp2 for suspend to disk. it works very well on my t23, but it is a little bit invasive with patches against kernel. http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/ Kind regards Martin Theiß -- Martin Theiß <mtheiss@neo.wh-stutgart.de> GPG-Fingerprint: EC80 53A2 F0A2 6E6C 74D2 CB6E 002A F6D3 E78B 7F45 The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux - TKK 5
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