Laptop for Linux

[Matt Nesteruk]

Switch to the dark side.  Buy a mac.  ;o)



On 8/18/07, Phillip Waclawski <waclawski at mail.mc.maricopa.edu> wrote:
>
> Hmmm, well, I know I tried to get both the wireless, and the ethernet to
> work on an HP Pavillion dv6563cl from CostCo the day/night before my
> trip to the LinuxWorld Expo.
>
> Had a lot of odd problems. The Fedora DVD that Dennis Kibbe let me use
> would boot up, but when you chose "CD" for media, it suddenly couldn't
> see the CD/DVD drive. Then the Ubutu disk he lent me basically gave an
> odd TTY error and hung.
>
> So, I could boot up Knoppix on it just fine, but after installing that
> (I KNOW they say it's not for a HD install, but this was already
> approaching 1am and I was getting desperate ;), but I could not get the
> network working.
>
> So, I downloaded and burned the CD's for CentOS 5 (I was already running
> CentOS 4.5 on the laptop that was dying) and got it to install. I could
> not get a straight answer on any website as to which driver to use for
> the Intel device 4229 rev 61 , but most recommended ipw2200  and
> following the instructions....well, at 4am I gave up, cleaned the
> partition, got up at 10am, returned the laptop (with Vista utterly wiped
> off of it) to CostCo for my money back.
>
> I know laptop installs can be fun. I'm not really happy about laptops no
> longer having PCMCIA slots, I could have used the ethernet or wireless
> card I already had.
>
> I would prefer to install Fedora/CentOS on a laptop that has decent
> graphics, DVD+-R, wireless and ethernet support that works.
>
> As I no longer have to rush, any advice you have would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil Waclawski
> (prepping for the Linux Class starting Monday ;)
>
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