On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 10:21:53AM -0400, Jule Slootbeek wrote: > Hey all, > My trusty iBook's hinge snapped after 3.5 years of trusty service > (RIP coltrane) and so now i'm in the market for a new laptop. My brother > recently bought an IBM Thinkpad T42 and he is very happe with it > (running Windows, and just using it for everyday college student work). > The price he got it for is still available through a source, and it's a > good deal. Now i was wondering if there were any problems installing > debian in the Thinkpads, and if so anybody had a suggestion, or > recommendation as to what kind of laptop to purchase. I know there are > lots of threads on this subject, but since new models and technologies > come out everyday, an update is of order once in a while. I got a T42p about a week ago, and so far it's running beautifully under Debian (sarge). It's my first notebook, tho, so I'm still working through some of the configuration... CPU frequency scaling (software installed but not tested), suspend/hibernate (still figuring out what I need to install), etc. Take a look at "http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html";. There are a couple of very informative entries from people running the T42 and T42p notebooks under Debian.
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