Linux on a Lap top

[NKavanagh at psgroup.com (Niall Kavanagh)]

 I ran (lost the laptop when I changed jobs! ;( ) Linux on a Dell Latitude.
No problems at all. I even managed to get a token ring card working under
the damn thing. ;) Didn't think it would work.

Everything else worked great, except for X. Since I had a NeoMagic chipset I
had to download another x server from somewhere. I *think* this has been
resolved already with the more recent distros having a newer version of
XFree that supports the Neomagic chipset.

Great laptop. If I get one of my own it'll be a Latitude or a VAIO.

--
Niall

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Cocco
To: discuss at Blu.Org
Sent: 10/22/99 3:02 PM
Subject: Linux on a Lap top

I was curious to know how many readers on this list run Linux on a
laptop
on a regular basis.
>From what I understand, the list of Linux device drivers for laptops is
a
little more limited than for desktop systems.  I know Linux has come
a long way in the past few years and I would think that by this time
that loading Linux on a laptop would be no more difficult
than loading it on a desktop system.
My motivation for getting a laptop is to have a dual boot system
running Linux and Winblows.  Are certain Linux releases more "laptop
friendly" than others?  Has anybody experienced loading Linux on a 
WinBook?

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Vincent P. Cocco       Email:  vcocco at admin.suffolk.edu
Suffolk University     
Boston, MA 02108        

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