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Knut,

Go and have a look at the Linux Laptop page at   

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

for a rundown on laptops that have been configured to run Linux. In
general it appears that most modern units will work, at least being able
to run from the command line. X seems to work on most of the machines, I
was able to save a considerable amount of time by using a configuration
file that I found on this site.

Go for 16 megs of RAM if you want to run X. My machine is an AST
486-DX75 with 16 megs and the X-windows stuff works well. An older
machine I had with 8 megs was fairly hopeless.

The only real hassle is the size of the display (640 x 480). If you can
get a higher resolution display then go for it.

Regards,

Karl
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Department of Geography, SRMES	       Fax:    (+61 6) 249 3770
The Australian National University     e-mail: karl@dart.anu.edu.au	  
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