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,

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 slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??

cheers

greg

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> If slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??
>
No distro is. Hardware support is in the kernel, not the distro. Before
you pick your laptop, find out what hardware is and isn't supported by
linux, <URL:http://www.linux-on-laptops.com> would be a good start. If
it works on one distro, it should be possible to get it working on any
distro, with at least the same kernel-version.

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Bartosz Oudekerk

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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Bartosz Oudekerk wrote:
> No distro is. Hardware support is in the kernel, not the distro. Before
> you pick your laptop, find out what hardware is and isn't supported by
> linux, <URL:http://www.linux-on-laptops.com> would be a good start. If
> it works on one distro, it should be possible to get it working on any
> distro, with at least the same kernel-version.

Completely true. But sometimes it is useful to create a XF86Config file
with Knoppix or some other distro and use it with Slackware. We have a IBM
Thinkpad at home, configuring the display is a PITA, but I have a
automatically generated XF86Config from some other distribution.

With kind regards,
Daniel de Kok

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> Completely true. But sometimes it is useful to create a XF86Config file
> with Knoppix or some other distro and use it with Slackware. We have a IBM
> Thinkpad at home, configuring the display is a PITA, but I have a
> automatically generated XF86Config from some other distribution.
>
All that you need to know are the specifications of your screen and/or
videocard. They can usually be found on the internet, and often example
configurations are also available. I see no need to use another distro
if all it takes is a few minutes of research.

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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).

--
Matto Fransen

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,
>
> 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.

Think about a second drive -- they're dirt cheap -- get a cradle and a
drive and swap drives when you need to do something with windows (I did
that with my Gateway Solo 2150 and I don't put the windows drive in it
too often). There really isn't much you "need" windows for anymore.
Might even make that Thinkpad... think.

>
> If slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??
>
> cheers
>
> greg
>
>

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

> If slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??

I've run Slackware on a ThinkPad 600 without any particular problem
except I never got the internal modem to work. The modem is supposed
to be supported by the kernel and it's well covered by the docs, but
I had no success.

Read /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Laptop-HOWTO for much useful information
on laptops.

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Bartosz Oudekerk wrote:
> Daniel de Kok <daniel-news@nowhere.nospam> is thought to
> have typed the following text on 2003-12-07:
>
> > Completely true. But sometimes it is useful to create a XF86Config file
> > with Knoppix or some other distro and use it with Slackware. We have a IBM
> > Thinkpad at home, configuring the display is a PITA, but I have a
> > automatically generated XF86Config from some other distribution.
> >
> All that you need to know are the specifications of your screen and/or
> videocard. They can usually be found on the internet, and often example
> configurations are also available. I see no need to use another distro
> if all it takes is a few minutes of research.

Well, I wish you good luck configuring this screen. Making it work in
1024x768 is not a big problem, but then it will only use about 3/4'rd of
the screen. Getting it to use the full screen is a bit harder .

With kind regards,
Daniel de Kok

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> Well, I wish you good luck configuring this screen. Making it work in
> 1024x768 is not a big problem, but then it will only use about 3/4'rd of
> the screen. Getting it to use the full screen is a bit harder .
>
xvidtune ??

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Bartosz Oudekerk

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Cool, yea I find myself using less and less of windows now adays, I only use
it for things such as Matlab, Solidworks and Ansys finite element analysis
package, Even with some of those I can telnet to the server and us them at
the console.

2 drives is a good idea, although a little cluttered

cheers

greg


"Thomas Ronayne" <tronaREMOVETHIS@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:mrFAb.14523$P%1.13476784@newssvr28.news.prodi gy.com...
>
>
> 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,
> >
> > 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.
>
> Think about a second drive -- they're dirt cheap -- get a cradle and a
> drive and swap drives when you need to do something with windows (I did
> that with my Gateway Solo 2150 and I don't put the windows drive in it
> too often). There really isn't much you "need" windows for anymore.
> Might even make that Thinkpad... think.
>
> >
> > If slackwares not the best for laptops what other distro is??
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > greg
> >
> >
>