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Paul Rubin
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 Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Best Linux for the IBM T42 Thinkpad?
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James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> writes:
| Quote: | I ordered a new IBM T42 Thinkpad today for myself, which I am planning to
load Linux on. Is there any particular version of Linux that works best
with the T Series IBM Thinkpad? I was thinking of loading SUSE 9.2.
I use SuSE 9.2 on my R31. Previously, I had 9.1 and Red Hat 7.3.
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I'm using Fedora Core 3 on my X40 which is pretty similar to a T40, I
think. I got a DVD distribution from cheapbytes.com (was too lazy to
download it). It self-booted and auto-installed quite easily from a
USB2 external dvd drive. It was a much faster install than the
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Daniel James
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Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:52 am Post subject:
Re: Best Linux for the IBM T42 Thinkpad?
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In article news:<p0o5e.14394$Xp.1560@tornado.texas.rr.com>, Jeff
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| Quote: | Is there any particular version of Linux that works best
with the T Series IBM Thinkpad?
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According to
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-48NT8D.html IBM
certify Red Hat EWS 3 and SuSE 9.1 for the T42.
| Quote: | I was thinking of loading SUSE 9.2.
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If 9.1 is certified I don't imagine you'd have any problem with
9.2.
Thinkpads -- especially the newer ones -- are pretty
linux-friendly as laptops go. Good choice.
Cheers,
Daniel. |
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James Knott
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Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:
Re: Best Linux for the IBM T42 Thinkpad?
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Jeff wrote:
| Quote: | Greetings,
I ordered a new IBM T42 Thinkpad today for myself, which I am planning to
load Linux on. Is there any particular version of Linux that works best
with the T Series IBM Thinkpad? I was thinking of loading SUSE 9.2.
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I use SuSE 9.2 on my R31. Previously, I had 9.1 and Red Hat 7.3. |
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johnny bobby bee
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Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:59 am Post subject:
Re: Best Linux for the IBM T42 Thinkpad?
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Jeff wrote:
| Quote: | I ordered a new IBM T42 Thinkpad today for myself, which I am planning to
load Linux on. Is there any particular version of Linux that works best
with the T Series IBM Thinkpad? I was thinking of loading SUSE 9.2.
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I've got Ubuntu on my T20 now, works great. Prior to that, i had
Mandrake 9 and 10 on there, which worked great too. Even tried Mepis for
a few weeks, pretty great too.
--
When you say: "I wrote a program that crashed Windows",
people just stare at you blankly and say: "Hey, I got those
with the system -- for free."
- Linus Torvalds -- (remove _eh to email) |
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Jeff
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:46 am Post subject:
Best Linux for the IBM T42 Thinkpad?
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Greetings,
I ordered a new IBM T42 Thinkpad today for myself, which I am planning to
load Linux on. Is there any particular version of Linux that works best
with the T Series IBM Thinkpad? I was thinking of loading SUSE 9.2.
Thanks for those that respond.
Jeff |
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