[ale] Laptop Questions

[cfowler]

So Slack 8.1 #2 is like the SuSE eval CD?  I can boot an run a full X
and etc right off CD?

Chris

On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 23:23, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Or better, walk in with Slackware 8.1 CD #2 and boot to a full X system!
> Run KDE, Gnome, XFce, twm and REALLY blow away the sales weanies!!
> 
> On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 15:34, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> > cfowler wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm hoping I could get some good feedback here.  I went to CompUSA to
> > > look at Laptops.  But it is so hard determining if Linux works on them.
> > > I'm thinking about the Toshiba Satellite system.  Can someone here give
> > > me advise on purchasing a new laptop to run Linux on.  I'm looking to
> > > spend around $1500+ so I get a *good* and *fast* one.  I do not want to
> > > be locked down to winbloze.
> > 
> > To narrow the field, you could walk in with a TomsRootBoot disk
> > in your pocket and see how many of them will at least boot to
> > a bash prompt. Should give the sales staff something to think
> > about ;-)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > -- Joe
> > 
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