laptop - any suggestions for a friend of mine?

[Maigualida Martínez]

On 6/21/05, hagen van rissenbeck <news4didascali at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> yesterday I spoke with a friend about laptops and linux and during that
> conversation, he asked me for a proposal what laptop he should buy.
> 
> He would like to use it for general operations like surfing, contact
> management and office work.
> 
> I, myself,  made good experiences with an Acer travelmate 220 but I have
> no idea how acer laptops are working today under linux.
> 
> He likes samsung laptops and wants to limit his purchase to roundabout
> 1000 $/€.
> 
> Would Acer still be a good choice?
> 
> What about Samsung models?
> 
> Do you have any good experiences with other laptops under linux,
> especially the collabaration with ubuntu?

I Had working by two year a Thinkpad R30 with Fedora, and now with my
HP Compaq nx9040 with Ubuntu all it's running fine!, including the
wireless interface :)
 
> What's your advice?

Check http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_manufacturer.html and
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO-3.html

> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Hagen
> 
> One thing is clear: Ubuntu will be installed...;-)
> 
> 
> 
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