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Re: Debian on laptop



On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 05:54:54AM -0700, alfa beta wrote:
> After spending hours of reading about the Linux
> distributions and compatible hardware, I feel I get crazzy. I chose you
> because of your "Social Contract", though I'm not sure Debian is still
> updated, apologize, I couldn't find recent articles, I am a newbye. 
> 
> Question:
> Could you recommend me a laptop model, with all details, which works
> completely, or perfectly with Debian? Including audio-video hardware,
> and hardware for connection to Internet (I'm on cable modem, UPC is my
> provider). 
> 
> I don't need an expensive one. Perhaps an anti-glare, anti-reflex screen is needed because I'll have to read a lot. 

Your cable modem should be giving you a ethernel port that provides dhcp
for ip-address and dns nameservers.  

If you don't need the latest-greatest, go with an off-lease Thinkpad.

Doug.


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