[oclug] [OT] linux laptop

[Peter T.]

I would be interested in answers to this question too. For now I have 
installed debian 3 on an old 486 laptop but would like to gain a more recent 
laptop to maybe have wireless or at least a  GUI.

BTW if someone wants to experiment with yellow dog linux on the Mac I have 
an old Mac 68K computer with printer and monitor that could be sold to 
someone for this purpose. No special deal and I might try yellow dog myself 
just for the education.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Wakeman" <jeremywakeman at istop.com>
To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: [oclug] [OT] linux laptop


> I've been looking around online for prices on slightly older
> linux subnotebooks.  I'm looking at systems like the sharp mm10:
>
> 700MHz - 1GHz processor (the mm10 has a transmeta), at *least*
> 128MB RAM, at least 10GB HD, wireless (b or g)
>
> So far, the mm10 is looking like my best choice, but I have two
> problems:
>
> 1) Because I don't want the new models, so I can't go through
> something like emperorlinux.com
>
> 2) I'd prefer to avoid the MS tax
>
> What's my best bet to get '02-'04 era notebooks, assuming I don't
> want to mess with ebay?
>
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