Does anybody have any recommendations for laptop models that are reasonably priced and fairly easy to install and use Linux? I'm using Mdr 2005 if that's of any importance. :-)

I have experienced using Mdk 10.0 on a Dell Latitude D600. Everything was fairly smooth with two exceptions:
- I had to use OSS sound, but I frequently get an error message when KDE starts stating that the sound server cannot start. How can I remedy this?
- The diskette and CD drives are mutually-exclusive and, as I needed the CD to install, it didn't find the diskette. How can I get it to recognise the diskette after installation?

TIA for any suggestions.
- QS Computing.

Hello,

I have an Acer Travelmate 662 LCi, and everything works almost out of the box, except the 1400x1024 resolution. I think the 2xx series are great.

Your problem with OSS: OSS is out of date, try using ALSA, should be installed in MDK 2005.

I don't have any experiences in diskette drives, sorry, I don't use it



Shaddy

I tried ALSA but it caused the internal speaker to emit a high-pitched continuous noise whilst the sound server was running. The only way to solve it (without going insane from the noise) was to reinstall Mdk from the CDs, using OSS.