On 2003-12-07, spleen <james.welsby@virgin.net> wrote:

> anyway at present im using an ageing IBM Thinkpad so im gonna upgrade at
> xmas, unfortunatly due to various reasons (like at the time of getting it
> i didnt really have a clue about linux, now after 3 or 4yrs I feel that im
> getting more knowledgable) so its got windows ME on, and due to small HD i
> couldnt dual boot,

I used linux (Red Hat 6.0-7.3) on a Toshiba Libretto and Portege (3025CT)
with absolutely no problems. apm works like a charm and so do all the tools
I need.

Now I'm running Slackware-9.1 on a ThinkPad 600E (for my fiancee) and a
Sony Vaio for me. I bought the latter with Slackware pre-installed from
EmperorLinux.com because I do not have the time to futz with it.

I've not run winduhs on anything for the past six years and have yet to
find anything in my business (or personal computing needs) that would
require it. Having a good users group locally, with an active mail list, is
a really big help, too.

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com>

spleen wrote:

> Hiya,

hey
<snip>
> anyway at present im using an ageing IBM Thinkpad so im gonna upgrade at
> xmas, unfortunatly due to various reasons (like at the time of getting it
> i didnt really have a clue about linux, now after 3 or 4yrs I feel that im
> getting more knowledgable) so its got windows ME on, and due to small HD i
> couldnt dual boot,
><snip>
> cheers
>
> greg

I've just put Slack9.1 on a ThinkPad 560 (P100 40M 2G PCMCIA NIC),
managed to put off buying a laptop for another year at least, I figure.
2.4.23, blackbox, slrn, Mozilla-Firebird, Sylpheed, mutella, ogg123 & gamp.

--
Slackware8.0, 2.4.23, A7V333-XP2100+, Ti4200
RLU #272755

begin quote: spleen wrote:
>
>
> Hiya,
>
> Ive had slackware on my desktop now for quite a while (think almost 1.5yrs)
> and i love using it, its practical and does everything I need,
>
> anyway at present im using an ageing IBM Thinkpad so im gonna upgrade at
> xmas, unfortunatly due to various reasons (like at the time of getting it i
> didnt really have a clue about linux, now after 3 or 4yrs I feel that im
> getting more knowledgable) so its got windows ME on, and due to small HD i
> couldnt dual boot,
>

Fancy this... a laptop thread just when I need it. It's an omen!

I've got a vaio laptop, Athlon based. Nice machine. I installed slack
9.1 last night and it works just fine, I'm quite thrilled. During my
googling, though, I found several disturbing warnings.

Mostly along the lines of "Fried CPU alert!" "Patch ACPI or Die!" etc...
in usenet too. As recently as July 25th of this year! So now I am in
terror mode, and took the battery out of the laptop when not in use
until I can get verification. Has that patch been applied already in
2.4.22 (the stock bareacpi.i on the slack 9.1 install).

Feel free to LART me soundly if this is a stupid question, on the
condition that you answer it anyway.

--
"Why would burgulars need to look for a backdoor when they can climb in
through Windows?" --Norman L DeForest, in NANAE
"You know how dumb the average luser is? Well, half of 'em are dumber
than that" -- The Roadie, in NANAE

Actually, Ill think youll find its a common problem that the drivers
sometimes dont work for the modem under windows me, thanks for your useful
advice anyway you moron..

cordially, as always.......

greg

"Ron Matthews" <rm@whoknows.org> wrote in message
news:iQOAb.4015$3y1.356115@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> spleen <james.welsby@virgin.net> wrote:
>
> > hehehe, I never managed to get the modem working in windows, even
> > with all the correct drivers!
>
> hehehe, you must be a real moron. Take it into a store and they
> will fix it for you.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

In article <slrnbt68jk.235.matto@nfs.qapsl0ck.xs4all.nl>,
Matto Fransen <matto@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>On 2003-12-07, spleen <james.welsby@virgin.net> wrote:
>
>> with the new laptop anyway, I want to dual boot slack and XP, this is easily
>> done. All I was woundering was how compatible is slackware with laptop
>> hardware? im not sure on the actual laptop yet but its likely to be a sub
>> £1000 one, so its not gonna be the best brand.
>
>My IBM R31 did cost euro 700, I think this is less then GBP 1000
>and is a nice laptop (if you don't need a build in floppydrive).

The Thinkpad R40 also works well with Slackware 9.1, and one of the
cheaper configurations (P4 2Ghz 30Gb CDRW/DVD) can be had from Insight for
< 800 GBP. One of many pages on the R40:

http://www.beezmo.com/ThinkPadR40.htm

(describes the Centrino version, but mostly applies to the other models in
the range). Pretty much everything works with the standard Slack
installation with a bit of fiddling, except the Winmodem (which needs a
hacked smartlink driver you have to download and compile yourself) and DVD
movie playback (the included Xine binary will work once you supply
libdvdcss from videolan.org). If you buy a ThinkPad, get hold of the XP
recovery disks from IBM before you install Linux, in case you hose the
'predesktop' recovery area by mistake (recovery CDs aren't shipped by
default, but IBM will supply them if, for example, you're considering a
hard disk upgrade).

Richard.

In article spleen wrote:
> If slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??

In my opinion Slackware ( as any other Linux distribution) should
run properly on every machine which components are supported
by kernel (linux). So, first you have to find out what
hardware do you have. You have to know what controllers,
PCMCIA cards, video card,
sound card, etc. you have in your laptop.
Next, make some small research if hardware you find in the laptop
is supported by kernel (google.com/groups.google.com is the best way).
If you hardware is well known and supported, the last thing
to do is to install Slackware on the laptop ;-))

You may also install Slackware without any research and
let Slackware to try to find the proper drivers himself
(while booting, etc.).

I'm using Panasonic Toughbook CF-25, very old (P166) & nice machine.
I couldn't find what exactly hardware it has, so I tried to install
Slackware and had no problems. Everything goes fine, X-Window, PCMCIA,
IRDA (I use also GPRS connection through Nokia 6310i by IrDA),
Sound card.

So, along the resarch through the Internet the second very good
way is to try & test if it works.

Best regards

--
Mateusz £oskot, mateusz (at) loskot (dot) net
GNU/Linux (Slackware 9.0) http://counter.li.org #220771

spleen <james.welsby@virgin.net> wrote:
> Hiya,

[slackware on old laptop goodness]

> with the new laptop anyway, I want to dual boot slack and XP, this is easily
> done. All I was woundering was how compatible is slackware with laptop
> hardware? im not sure on the actual laptop yet but its likely to be a sub
> ?1000 one, so its not gonna be the best brand.

If the kernel runs on it, you're probably in good shape. I don't usually
bother with a modem anymore, so the only thing I usually trouble about
is making sure the video adapter works with XFree86. My standard
recommendation is to check http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ and
http://www.tuxmobil.org/ to see other people's results for the laptop
in question.

Kurt