[HLUG] laptop advice needed

[Julian Robbins]

Hi John

Generally  you can get most things working on a laptop, it just depends 
how many work 'out of the box'. IBM are good, you won't go far wrong there.

Ubuntu actually have a team looking at making certain makes and models 
completely compatible with Ubuntu. see
 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/teams/laptop

even better is this as an example 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ThinkpadT40?highlight=%28laptop%29

I believe its their aim to be able to soon be able to sell fully working 
laptops with Ubuntu on them pre-installed.

Also have a look at 
http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_ubuntu.html

Theres a lot of useful info on the main Ubuntu wiki so have a dig around 
on there.
Just be a bit careful with your WLAN card. You could just go for a 
separate card which you can be more certain to get to work, as you can 
buy what works then ! The problem is that many mfrs are changing their 
chips without changing the model numbers so its quite difficult to know 
_exactly_ what version of card you have. You can usually get it to work 
with ndiwrapper, but its far better to have good out of the box support.


Good luck

Julian

Alan Carter wrote:

> Hi John,
> I have always had good luck with IBM Thinkpads as they are very well  
> supported under linux and you could always get a secondhand one. I  
> Have just got one for work a T23 for £200 and it is in very good  
> condition.
> If you don't need to run X or sound then any laptop will do that, not  
> familiar with ubuntu server so i am not sure if you require X or not.
> Find a Laptop your interested in and take a look at http://www.linux- 
> laptop.net/
>
> Alan
>
>
> On 30 Nov 2005, at 18:24, j michaelson wrote:
>
>
>
>> hello all,
>>
>> i'm thinking about getting a cheap laptop to install ubuntu server on.
>> i want to play with ssh and a laptop will take up a lot less space
>> than a second pc. i have no experience with laptops and i was hoping
>> someone might have some advice.
>>
>> it needs -
>> a usb port for my usb key,
>> a network card,
>> a processor that can run ubuntu server, ssh, vim and ogg123.
>>
>> that's all.
>>
>> any suggestions? the cheaper the better.
>>
>> thanks.
>> john m.
>>
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