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From: Kevin Reichard
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 00:00

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Richard Webber <richard@cs.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:

>Hi all,

>I'm considering buying a cheapish (decent 486) laptop to
>run linux on. I'm going to use at as my portable thesis builder.
>It would have to support a modem, basic C/C++ development, LaTeX,
>and either SVGAlib or XFree.

>Is there anything I should particularly look out for? -
>Configuration problems, which brands/models to avoid like the
>plague, that sort of thing. Someone with past experience (problems)
>would be especially helpful.

Check out the Linux Laptop Site to see how others have dealt with
various laptops. It's a database that you should find quite useful.
You can check it out at
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/.

Hope this helps.

--Kevin

Kevin Reichard
Writer
St. Paul, Minnesota
reichard@mr.net
http://www.kreichard.com

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