[ale] Linux on new laptops

[Raylynn Knight]

On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 12:22 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:25 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a new laptop.  I'm looking for something that is <
> > $1000 and it must run Linux.  I would like to know if anyone here can
> > recommend a recent model that works well.  I thought about buying a Mac
> > but I program in Linux and I need to run Linux.
> > 
> > 
> Linux on Mac hardware laptops: I have a G3 ibook running Yellowdog 4. Of
> the X screen goes to sleep, the box is basically halted. Plus Linux is
> _VERY_ geared towards mice that have more than 1 button. The
> multi-button hacks for Macs are a PIA (F10 for middle button, F11 for
> right button).
> 
Apple and Option keys make more sense here (for middle and right
button).  I've never had a problem with X going to sleep and halting the
system, but I run G3 PowerBooks, not ibooks.  I also haven't tried
YellowDog 4.  I'm using Debian Sarge and Ubuntu 5.04 on my PowerBooks.