Linux Laptop

[Jerry Feldman]

On Thursday 27 April 2006 8:38 pm, John Kirby wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Looking for recommendations for a Linux laptop. I'd like to keep the
> total cost around $1k but can be flexible pending suggestions. Looking
> for a recommendation for OS and laptop brand. One of my concerns is
> wireless card compatibility with whatever distribution I go with. I used
> to hear a lot of linux laptop/wireless horror stories. Maybe it's not as
> much of an issue now. Router is a WRT54GS running DD-WRT in case that
> plays into it.
I bought an HP NX6125 at eCost a couple of weeks ago. This has an AMD Turion 
64 (ML-37). The only issue I had was with the Broadcom wireless chip. I had 
it at this months BLU meeting. While I have not tested the Bluetooth yet, 
my cellphone did detect it. 

I specifically wanted 64-bits and opted for that over a 17in screen and 
advanced graphics. This laptop is also certified to run Linux by SUSE and 
Red Hat. 

I was easily able to connect this to my home network (wired and wireless) as 
well as MIT (wireless) and Work.

The only 2 features I have not tested are the modem and the fingerprint 
reader. it also has an integrated SD card reader. 

I've got profiles set up so I can easily boot into one of about 6 different 
profiles. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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