[ltp] Thinkpad (Butterfly) 701's

Ken Firestone linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 05:48:19 -0700 (PDT)


Yes, I have one that is running SuSE 6.4. Just remember, you need a
486 kernel (many new releases default to a pentium kernel, and this
won't work).

And forget about Gnome/KDE. Fvwm or afterstep takes at least 30
seconds to load.



On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Malcolm Dean wrote:

   I'm about to commence an odyssey, namely to get some Thinkpad 701's (the
   famous butterfly keyboard)expanded, optimized and loaded with useful OSes
   and software. I'm commencing with an upgraded CPU and RAM.

   Does anyone receiving this list have experience with 701's?


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