[Gllug] Which laptop?

[Bruce Richardson]

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On 8/30/01, 3:18:26 PM, Jim Bailey <jim at lateral.net> wrote regarding 
[Gllug] Which laptop?:


> Hi all,

> sorry to break this absolutely riveting thread on whinging ;-) but we
> are thinking of getting a laptop dualboot between Debian and Windows
> does anyone have advice and pointers to suitable resources I know that
> this is probably one of those thing that should end up on the Gllug FAQ

The best resource is the "Linux on Laptops" site at 
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ - there you'll find write-ups from people 
with success stories.

With a bit of work you can get Linux on any laptop.  I had a bit of work 
with my Vaio - USB floppy drive and PCMCIA CD-ROM is a tricky combination 
for a fresh install - but it was harder for me because I was removing 
windows altogether.  If I had been happy to dual-boot it would actually 
have been easier.

Have a look at the site before choosing your model.  Pick from a range 
with lots of success stories.

> BTW I just discovered Ctl-a and Ctl-e on the command line my
> productivity has increased 10 fold , one day i hope to be worth the
> money they pay me. ;-)

Try Ctl-n and Ctl-p then.

Being a vi fanatic I have 'set editing-mode vi' in my .inputrc, which 
allows me to edit the command line using vi keystrokes.

Have a look at the readline documentation (only available in info format, 
afaik) as this is the library that's allowing you to do this.  The great 
thing about readline is that it is used in so many apps, which gives you 
the same set of keystrokes in a wide variety of places (the postgres and 
unixODBC interactive shells, the ftp client etc etc).

> Thanks Jim

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Bruce

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