[PLUG] Thinkpad, Linux

[Jon Coulsey]

On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 20:35, plug-request at lists.pdxlinux.org wrote:

> 
> Now that I have a job again, I am going to buy a new Thinkpad and dual-boot it
> with RH Linux. 

Nice!!

> 
> Wanted to check with the Linux community to see what pitfalls this newbie needs
> to be mindful of regarding Linux on laptops and dual-booting. I've installed
> RH & Mandrake on my 2 home systems with no glitches.
>
> But the Thinkpad -- and I'm not certain which model yet -- it's got all these
> optional components and things like the "Ultrabay."  I wonder if installing
> Linux is going to be painful as a result.
> 
> Their budget machine runs an Intel Celeron -- is there any downside to that
> as far as Linux goes?  Does any particular distro have an advantage over the
> others in terms of running on Thinkpads?

I run RH 7.3 on a 600E and the only thing that was even a little tricky
was getting the sound working. Other than that, everything pretty much
just works. I am still having a little trouble suspending to disk, but
that is mostly for lack of a real try on my part. I have also heard of
modem issues with the mwave modems IBM uses, but I haven't tried making
it work and there is documentation out there on the issue. 

As for the Ultrabay, I use it with a cd drive, floppy drive, and second
battery; all with no problems.

I use http://www.linux-laptop.net quite a bit if I get in trouble
anywhere, there is some great documentation there. It is nice that there
is plenty of documentation out there on running linux on thinkpads.

Good luck.

Jon
joncoulsey at attbi.com

> 
> I'm be using the system for business stuff.
> 
> Thanks!
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