What would you consider a cheap laptop because in most retail stores now there is only Sony, Toshiba, HP, Compaq and Acer. Did i miss something? I myself am in the market for a laptop but i am trying to come to grips with what is the best way to go. Toshiba seeing how i work for Compusa and can benefit quite well from various tap and screen protectioni plans or IBM X31 thinkpad since there are so many users out there of this particular brand.

Where? Where is this website devoted to have linux installed on toshiba laptops?
I would love to know!
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http://www.emperorlinux.com/

If you want my 2 cents, this appears to be the most professional of the Linux laptop web sites that I have ever come across. If I was in the market right now for a new laptop this is where I would look first time, every time, even though they are in the USA and I not.

No, I meant the toshiba site dedicated to set up linux..

This one?

http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/

Must be it, yes! Great website though I bet nobody knows about it which is a shame!
Unfortunatly, no review for my model, satelitte 5000-105, which I am not surprised as it seems hardly anyone bought one (apart from me).

Thanks for the link!
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A new link!

Penguin Friendly Laptops : LinuxQuestions.org time based Linux ...
... 9 on my Satelitte 5000-105 (French model) and it is gorgeous! wehe, You may find
a [URL=http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_manufacturer.html]Linux Laptop Manufacturer ...
www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ archive/25/2003/06/1/63096 - 13k - Cached

Glad to be of help......

Thanks, this link is actually a link to one of my old posts :-)
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...003/06/1/63096

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sorry about that.......

No worries!

I have a compaq presario 1200 sitting around (P3). I want to get into linux and figured I could use my compaq labtop as practice, till I can get another machine. Should I attempt to install mandrack 9.1 linux on my compaq presario 1200 Labtop?

http://rpmfind.net/linux/LLHP/welcome.html

Follow this link and cursor down until you find the links, there are several to do with your Compaq model.

This should tell you all you need to know about whether or not you can do it.

Have a Panasonic Toughbook T1, small, light. 12" screen, single spindle machine. Mandrake 9.1 installed on it no problem.
Usb2, sound, modem(slmdm module) all work. Haven't tried the pcmcia yet though.

BashTin.

for those of you still on the market for a laptop, I once again suggest you guys check

www.fujitsu.com
and
www.toshiba.com


Toshiba is more popular in stores, but Fujitsu is making some high tech stuff! that works very well under Linux, and besides
Fujitsu laptops are waaay better looking and sleek looking than Toshibas, heheheh

I'll post a website to where you get Fujitsu laptops Linux how-to.
I actually am posting the How-to for my laptop, Fujitsu Lifebook C2210, in the fujitsu how-to, since I've gotten everything working now. 2.4.22 kernel fixed most of the acpi, eventhough we wont have Suspend support until probably kernel 2.6.x

someone mentioned the acpi.sourceforge.net site so that you can get better acpi support....well you will eventually use the kernel acpi support because it is just better than using this acpi.sourceforge.net applets. So guys, just wait for acpi kernel support!!

zLinuxz

Build in kernel support is certainly not better in 2.4.22! I have tried to use it on my toshiba s 5000-105 and at first reboot, the computer would freeze and print errors until I reboot it..
Installed the patch from acpi.sourceforge.net, and it works first go!