[ltp] Looking For Linux-Friendly Thinkpad

[Mark Houlder]

My T41 worked out of the box with suse9.0 (i think it's 'certified' to 
work with it by IBM, for what that's worth - i think it just means they 
tried it themselves and thought it was OK), only thing i had to install 
myself was the agere modem drivers. wifi and bluetooth support isn't 
complete but is improving, tho i think that's a general linux issue 
rather than a thinkpad one.

I use gentoo now which is a lot more work (in the constant-tinkering 
sense of the word) but if anything works even better; i've certainly had 
no linux-vs-hardware issues because of the machine. i'd recommend suse 
though if you want it to just 'work'. i think 9.1 is about to be 
released, too...


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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