[Fwd: Re: [Klug-general] Hi All, greetings and a laptp enquiry]

[matt house]

thanks Colin I shall definitely bear that one in mind. 

I was of the impression that most sony's were a git to get working in Linux but
it's nice to see that at least one is cool..

Matt

>Hi Matt and welcome to KLUG.
>I have a Sony SRX77 laptop running Ubuntu 6.06 beautifully.
>Everything works including the on board wireless. Infact Ubuntu runs
>better than Windows from a fresh install, as Windows needs lots of
>drivers, but Ubuntu found everything.
>
>This laptop is a 3lb P3 800Mhz, 256Mb, 20BG device with a small
>screen.  It cost over $1300 when I got it back in 2001 so you might
>find some knocking around ebay a lot cheaper.  I would definately
>recommend one.
>
>Best of luck laptop hunting
>
>Colin