[ltp] Thinking of leaving Thinkpads

Jesse Sheidlower linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:09:12 -0400


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 08:03:00PM +0200, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Timothy,
> 
> Du meintest am 29.03.10:
> 
> > I have two T43's (and a third dead one) and a T23,
> > but sadly I'm thinking of looking elsewhere for a new laptop.
> 
> > I run Linux (Fedora/KDE) 90% of the time,
> > so a simple installation is top priority.
> > There seem to be lots of problems installing Linux
> > in more recent Thinkpads.
> 
> > Any comments?
> 
> Here: no problems. Neither with 2 T40 nor with several T2x, installing  
> Ubuntu 9.10, SuSE 11.2 and Slackware 13.0.

I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and then 10.04 beta on an x301
and a W500 with no problems at all, everything worked out of
the box.

Anyway, personally, I just can't live without the clitmouse.

Jesse Sheidlower