[Lust] Re: laptop

[adam kimber]

im not one for the that option, i like installing it myself and knowing my 
system inside and out which is a by product of installing,


>From: "Shaun Wallin" <shaun.wallin at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Luton and St Albans Linux User Group <lust at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>To: lust at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: [Lust] Re: laptop
>Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:10:01 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>The Macbook option is quite interesting because as far as I know you can 
>use
>BootCamp to run Linux. I have seen ubuntu and Vista running on an intel 
>MAC.
>So you could have the best of both worlds OSX, Linux and if you really have
>to - Windows.
>
>One aspect to look at is the graphics. I have just installed the Beryl
>window manager on my box and that is where the future is going - I am 
>hooked
>despite the bugs. This means the 3D card is quite important because it is
>used extensively with Beryl so make sure that there are drivers for the 
>card
>in your laptop.
>
>I also heard that Lenovo were supposed to sell laptops with SUSE
>pre-installed, the quality of their machines is quite high.
>
>
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:36:59 +0100
> > From: Rob <linux at hyborian.demon.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Lust] Linux Laptops
> > To: Luton and St Albans Linux User Group <lust at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Message-ID: <20070824123659.GA23113 at aquilonia.hyborian>
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> > I've found another company which custom-builds laptops, and allows you
> > to choose "No OS required", saving on the cost of having the DOS GUI
> > installed.
> >
> > http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
> >
> >
> >
> > * Norm Fasey (nfasey at yahoo.com) wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob <linux at hyborian.demon.co.uk> wrote: Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have never used this company before, but they seem to have the right
> > > attitude.  I intend to try them out with my next purchase, whenever 
>that
> > > is.
> > >
> > > http://www.xephi.co.uk/index.php
> > >
> > > They usually install Kubuntu or Ubuntu, but they say they'll try to
> > > install any distro you want, or you can have it OS-free.  I guess the
> > > thing is that you know all the hardware works with Linux.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This looks quite good as well.
> > >
> > > http://efficientpc.co.uk/laptops/anubis/
> > >
> > > Norm
> > >
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