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On Thursday 27 April 2006 8:38 pm, John Kirby wrote: > Hi All, > > Looking for recommendations for a Linux laptop. I'd like to keep the > total cost around $1k but can be flexible pending suggestions. Looking > for a recommendation for OS and laptop brand. One of my concerns is > wireless card compatibility with whatever distribution I go with. I used > to hear a lot of linux laptop/wireless horror stories. Maybe it's not as > much of an issue now. Router is a WRT54GS running DD-WRT in case that > plays into it. I bought an HP NX6125 at eCost a couple of weeks ago. This has an AMD Turion 64 (ML-37). The only issue I had was with the Broadcom wireless chip. I had it at this months BLU meeting. While I have not tested the Bluetooth yet, my cellphone did detect it. I specifically wanted 64-bits and opted for that over a 17in screen and advanced graphics. This laptop is also certified to run Linux by SUSE and Red Hat. I was easily able to connect this to my home network (wired and wireless) as well as MIT (wireless) and Work. The only 2 features I have not tested are the modem and the fingerprint reader. it also has an integrated SD card reader. I've got profiles set up so I can easily boot into one of about 6 different profiles. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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