Linux friendly computer sales...

[rmela at shore.net (Robert Mela)]

I got tired of popping open cases to see what video chip I had, editing
modelines, and all that.

So I bought a desktop from VAResearch.  No muss, no fuss.  X and all.

My laptop was just the opposite.  I'd been told by a local vendor that
another customer had recently bought the same laptop and was happily running
Linux.  It was three months, much gnashing of teeth, and a new XFree86
release before I got X working.

So find out from De Vine what makes them think their computers are Linux
friendly.   Otherwise, go to HiQ, VAResearch, PromoX, Penguin Computing, or
any of the other vendors that have actually done the install and worked out
all the kinks.


Blake Parker wrote:

> Another source who I've had very good experiences with is HiQ Computers in
> Boston. They know Linux well and are excellent with hardware. They offer
> Linux as an OS on all of their systems.
>
> --Blake
>
> Blake Parker
> bfp at world.com
>
> >
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I gave out the wrong name at the meeting last night.  There is a dealer
> > in my town of Franklin (De Vine Computers) who claimed he sold
> > Linux ready hardware...
> >
> > This is not an endorsement, and I have not bought anything from him
> > personally.  If you want the phone# kick me an email...
> >
> > Also, I posted my good-old xshutdown.tcl script at www.linuxsoup.com.
> > If you're looking to add a shutdown dialog to your window managers
> > logout/exit/shutdown menu options, this works pretty nicely.
> >
> > +------------------------
> > | christoph
> > | linuxguy at ici.net
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> >
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