[ltp] Looking For Linux-Friendly Thinkpad

[James McKenzie]

Gary:

I have an A22p with RH9 installed on it.  I downloaded and installed the 
LTMODEM drivers and the modem works.  I use a cellular connection, which 
I manually start, for the Internet.  I have not run into any problems 
with this system, but your 600E is the 'only' system that IBM has rated 
for a linux installation.
Overall, I'm quite happy running RH9 on this system.
One cavat:  I have not installed any DVD player software as I do not 
have a DVD drive on this system (next upgrade??) and the system 'tops 
out' at 512M of memory.  With Gnome (bluecurve) running with Mozilla and 
OpenOffice I tap about 100M of swap.

James McKenzie

Gary Huntress wrote:

>Hi,
>
>    I'm ready to upgrade from my fantastic 600e that has served me well for
>years.  I'm now totally unfamiliar with the newer Thinkpad models.  Can
>someone recommend a linux-friendly (well supported by a modern distro
>(probably Fedora))?  In particular the things I had trouble with on my 600
>were sound, USB and Modem...I eventually got them all working but they were
>not directly supported by Redhat.
>
>    The only reason I am upgrading is that the trackpoint is broken
>(probably dirty) which causes a bios error at boot.  Sadly, I just don't
>think it's worth paying to fix and I've tried cleaning it.
>
>    Anyway, my budget is $700-$850.   Amazingly enough I can get a new Dell
>Inspiron 1100 for that, hopefully there is a better TP around !
>
>Regards,
>
>Gary Huntress
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