[PLUG] Linux Laptop Vendor

Matt McKenzie lnxknight at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 03:51:03 UTC 2007


On 3/1/07, Alan Olsen <alan.olsen at gmail.com> wrote:
...snip...

If you need something cheap, I seem to remember that CTL sells laptops with
> no OS installed.


I can recommend CTL laptops for Linux compatibility, though at least from
what I can see they don't sell them without Windows.  Perhaps if you ask
their salescritters directly.  Its not an option on the website.
http://www.ctlnotebooks.com/v2/default.aspx

I have a laptop not from CTL but from the OEM that they use, Compal (one of
the big 3 OEMs- Compal, Clevo, Quanta, that actually manufacture about 95%
of all laptops).
See here for handy reference: http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_oem.html
(poke around the rest of Tuxmobil of you haven't before, handy site)

I have a CL50 bought a couple years ago, currently runs Ubuntu and WinXP,
works like a champ, all hardware works with Linux.  The CL50 is sold by CTL
as Travel Master NB5500.  It is the exact same unit, as the company I work
for uses CTL laptops.  I have been issued a CTL version of the CL56 for work
use, I think they call it TravelMaster NB5600.  Some colleagues have been
issued the CL50. CL56 is almost identical to the CL50 except for color
scheme and better video card (Radeon Mobility 9700 with 128M VRAM).  I have
booted Knoppix with it so far and it all works.  I am seriously considering
repartitioning it and putting Ubuntu on this along side the required Win2K
(it will most likely be reimaged once I turn it back in anyway).  Though I
can't speak for the newer models, as far as the CL50 and CL56 based models
they work with Linux no problem, smooth as melted butter.


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Matt M.
LinuxKnight



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