Best Laptop for linux

kris · 02-28-2003, 11:03 AM

Hi guys! Im planning to buy a new laptop and Im interested with Dell Inspiron 4150 do you think this is a good one for linux cause Im planning to install RH8 and Slackware on it. So can you please give me a good laptop that is compatible with linux and can give me a good performance or other suggestions please.... Thanks in aadvance!

Smitty-rh · 02-28-2003, 11:12 AM

there are a lot of threads on this topic. reference this search

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...der=descending

trickykid · 02-28-2003, 12:33 PM

Moved: More suitable in the Hardware forum.

Check out www.linux-laptop.net for tons of info with running Linux on laptops.

MrJoshua · 02-28-2003, 12:34 PM

I prefer Gateway's over Dells in the laptop section. They seem to be a little less proprietary on the hardware, than dell.

CondorPasa · 03-07-2003, 06:37 AM

Hey, Kris! Inspiron 4150 is what I've got. Got no complaints (at least not anymore). There is a minor screen problem: when I close the lid and open it back, the screen goes fuzzy. It can be resolved by switching into text mode and back.

Another (major) problem was
that the comp used to overheat so that I had to turn it off. This problem
got mysteriously solved after I upgraded memory from 256M to 384M.