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From: jbormel_at_warren.med
Date: Tue Feb 15 1994 - 08:13:33 EST

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: W: recommendations for Linux capable laptop
From: moore_at_cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore)
Date: 10 Feb 1994 21:07:55 GMT
Reply-To: moore_at_cs.utk.edu
Organization: Univ. of Tenn. Computer Science, Knoxville
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In article <TDT.94Feb9174845_at_domino.hq.verdix.com>, tdt_at_domino.hq.verdix.com
(Tim Thorpe) writes:
> I am in the market for a laptop machine that is capable of running
> Linux (a free un*x). Also, I want to be able to bring the machine up
> with DOS/Windows when the need arises in order to do some
> spreadsheeting or whatever.
>
> Generally, though I want to have some level of un*x development
> ability while "on the road" since I`m doing quite a bit of travel. The
> applications would themselves be small though I would potentially want
> to link in X11 libraries.
Whatever you do, DON'T get a ThinkPad. I've been beating my head
against the wall for several months trying to get Linux running
acceptably. I have it running (barely), but it's still not up to snuff.
IBM's technical documentation is useless, and their support people
are friendly (and occasionally paranoid) but not very helpful. 

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