Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?

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From: Matthew Clemence
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00

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Kurt Wall wrote:
> 
> Chris Bitmead (ChrisB@ThePla.net) wrote:
> : I'm thinking of buying a laptop (fairly high end), on which I  want to
> : run, amoungst other things, Linux.
> 
> : Which brand has the best hardware support by Linux?
>

I have just bought a n ACER 390CX, sort of midrange 800x600n tft
P133 MMX etc. runs linux slackware 3.4 like a charm. X took a 
little setting up but now works fine. But I can't get the sound
card recognised. Apart from that -  a great little machine.

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From: Matthew Clemence <mclem@medphys.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?
Date: 1998/02/23
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