Re: Which laptop?

[Matej Cepl <cepl@surfbest.net>]

Willie McKemie wrote:
> So, I'm shopping for slightly more modern, but still modestly priced,
> laptop.  Who can comment on Debian on Dell Latitude C600 or similar?
> Compaq EVOs?  These are generally available "off lease", sans microsoft
> tax, for ~$350.

I have here Dell Inspiron 2200 (Dell offered it new for $600 which I
couldn't resist) and although there are some rough edges (I have to use
Xorg packages with VESA driver, modem should work, but I have not managed
to make it work yet, and wireless card works with ndiswrapper and Windows
drivers) generally speaking I am quite satisfied.

BTW, the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list for Xorg drivers is

        deb http://neo.wh-stuttgart.de/debian testing xorg
        deb-src http://neo.wh-stuttgart.de/debian testing xorg

Best,

        Matej

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