*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/9/2003 at 9:43 PM Atul Chitnis wrote: >On 8 Jun 2003, Colburn wrote: > >> For the sake of all of us who are looking for a decent RH9-compatible >> laptop which IBM laptop are you using, please? >> >> Does everything work or is yours like most laptops wherein at least one >> piece of hardware won't play nice with RH9? > >I use an IBM Thinkpad T30 2366-92A (2366-92U in the USA). > >Everything works, and IBM even has a page showing how to install Linux on >the machine (http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-46291.html). > >When I say "everything, I mean: > >- The screen/video (1400x1050x24bit) >- The audio >- The Ethernet port >- The Wifi module >- The Bluetooth module >- The Winmodem (yup! http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/) >- The hardware buttons >- Suspend and resume, and even hibernation (if enabled correctly and a fat > partiton exists) >- The gimmicks (thinkpad light, various controls) >- The trackpoint and glidepad (I hate glidepads - they are a writer's > nightmare - especially if you have big thumbs!) >- All ports (USB, serial, printer, PCMCIA, etc.) >- The DVD drive, and the CDwriter capability > >I run RHL 9 on mine, and it is reasonably snappy (in as much as RHL 9 can >be termed "snappy"). > >This is my second Thinkpad (my earlier one, A TP 770, served me faithfully >for 5 years running everything from RHL 5.0 to RHL 8, before it finally >physically collapsed). > >Support from IBM for Linux has been *great* (the one time I had an issue >with a flaky Wifi module, the technician didnt bat an eyelid when I said >"no windows" and simply asked "got wavemon installed?" and prceeded to >debug the problem using that and some mysterious poking around in /proc, >determined that it was hardware, and swapped the module for a new one). > >If I sound like a fanboy - believe me, when it comes to IBM Thinkpads and >Linux, especially the one I have now, the adulation is richly deserved. > >Atul > >-- >------------------------------------------- >Atul Chitnis | achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx >Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com >Bangalore, India | +91 (80) 344-0397 >------------------------------------------- > > I cast a vote for the T series as well. I played with linux on the T21 and T23, and it did quite well. I'd put it on my T30, but that's my work machine, gotta have windows on it so I can run Lotus Notes. Unless one of you knows a linux client for Notes..... regards, shane
