Ask Slashdot: Laptop Quickies

Over the course of the last month or so, I've been collecting Laptop questions and have been holding onto them trying to figure out the best way to post them. I've now decided that the way to do this that would be the most effective would be to ask a real generic question and then post the individual problems separately in the article proper. The topic this time is: "Linux on Laptop's" If you've had problems installing Linux on Laptops, or weird Linux problems on laptops, then this one's for you! Click below.

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Alright! There are some specific questions below but any questions and answers on laptops are welcome here!

Kyri Sarantakos asks "I'm looking to buy a laptop and I want to know if any fellow ./'s have any suggestions as what brands work well with linux out of the box. Is there anyting I should know? or avoid?"

s.blood wants similar information, but also wished to know this: "I'm in need of a laptop to run Linux and I was wondering what kind of experience other users have had. Is it best to put more money into CPU performance, RAM, or the display?"


and this one from David Wagle with a NEC 330T problem: "I got a brand new NEC 330T on the basis that previous Versa laptops have worked great with Linux cardservices. Unfortunately, that isn't the case here. Upon inserting the card - I get the approporiate "loading eth0" message and the card initializes. Then, however, the card simply drops. This happens intermittently, and I can not correlate it to anything in particular. The ethernet pcmcia card is a 3com 3CXE589DT, and this SAME card works fine in a toshiba in the cube down the hall. I am using RH5.1, with the 3.0 pcmcia package. The controller chipset is a 02 Micro 02 6832/6833 controller."