[ltp] Bad news for us ...

Macskasi Csaba linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:57:53 +0200


On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:51:44 +0200, David A. Desrosiers  
<desrod@gnu-designs.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 14:33 +0200, Macskasi Csaba wrote:
>> > So far, no really Linux-incompatible Thinkpad exists, and if one
>> > comes out, I am sure this list will alert people soon enough, so you
>> > don't end up buying it.
>
>> What about the R50e?
>
> 	What about it?
>
> http://debian-thinkpad.javaguru.org/
>
> http://goe.xhost.ro/debian.html
>
> http://people.freenet.de/renmi/thinkpadr50e.html
>
> http://www.mk-stuff.de/artikel/linux_on_an_ibm_thinkpad_r50e/
>
> http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results/ibm_thinkpad_r50e_1834-4eu.html
>
> http://www.plenz.com/thinkpad_R50e
>
> 	In the end, there are plenty of vendors who DO support Linux (though
> perhaps not publically) on their hardware. Nobody is twisting your arm
> to go out and buy an R50e or whatever, when you can easily see up-front,
> before purchasing it, if it works well with Linux or not.

Learn to read, gosh! The R50e is an example for a tp with full  
functionalty under linux. I thought that that was clear...



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Macskasi Csaba
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