Re: Laptop choice to run debian

[antgel <antony@antgel.co.uk>]

Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:07:56PM +0100, antgel wrote:
> 
>>>I've got to agree with the others here that the IBM ThinkPad is a
>>>wonderful laptop to run Debian on.  I installed Ubuntu on my T42 and
>>>it detected everything right out of the box and configured it all
>>>correctly.  The only thing I had to do was manually setup my wifi
>>>card and the scroll button for the trackpoint device.
>>
>>Ubuntu Is Not Debian.
> 
> 
> Well, it's close enough for this chap's reply to be useful.

I've probably spent too much time in #debian, where (if feels like)
every second user is complaining about the fact that they can't install
or use ubuntu / knoppix / whatever.

Actually, for those of you who don't already, stop by.  It's good eatin'
and an interesting companion to d-u.