Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>
>>Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Noons wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>>news:<1094505704.528225_at_yasure>...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Your www.dizwell.com site looks good.
>>>>
>>>>Good to see Howard back on air.
>>>>
>>>>The Project, eh? I'll stay tuned: getting totally
>>>>fed-up with XP here as well. For a number of different
>>>>reasons. But there are still a few bits and pieces I haven't
>>>>found a replacement for with Linux. So I can't do it yet.
>>>>Ah well, it will happen I'm sure.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a lot of notes to write up! It's been an interesting ride. In
>>>retrospect, it was probably a bit ambitious *starting* by wanting Linux
>>>working on a *laptop* -when we all know laptops are full of utterly
>>>proprietary stuff. When your laptop vendor proudly advertises "XXXX
>>>recommends Windows XP", you know you're in for a hard time.
>>
>>Howard Howard Howard. I have had Linux EL AS 3.0 installed on my IBM
>>ThinkPads for almost a year. Stable as a rock. Networks perfectly.
>>Oracle runs like a charm.
>>
>>Embrace the penguin!
>>
>
>
>
> Have you tried it with an 802.11g wireless card before the 2.6 kernel
> decided to include 802.11g as standard?! Then try it with a blue box that
> pipes IP packets through the house's electrical wiring... a nice idea that
> doesn't even work properly in Windows!!
>
> Sheesh... I mean, we're not talking Cat5 Ethernet here, 'cos that (I agree)
> was a (relative) walk in the park.
>
> Anyway, don't talk to me about RHAS3, because my Dell won't even boot with
> it. I wanted it badly, because I like it very much. But even a text mode
> install was a no-no.
>
> Same for Mandrake, actually.
>
> When it comes time for me to replace this notebook, I shall do so with great
> pleasure. It has been nothing but a lot of incompatible awkwardnesses.
>
> :-/
>
> Regards
> HJR
The only Dell's I have are 2CPU 1750s and they give me no hassle with
Redhat. Check Dell's website ... maybe they have a ROM upgrade for you.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Wed Sep 08 2004 - 20:55:55 CDT
