Subject: [oshug] [OT] Question Hello friends: I need help for buying a new laptop or net book with Linux or at least with hardware that Linux can recognize without problems. I don't mind if it is slow, I just want a cheap laptop that I can use for many years. I hope you can give me a way to discriminate those machines built for big corporations who only care about selling and not giving a nice product to people. Cheers, LAMG

I'd second the suggestion of a Think-pad. I think the X40's are about GBP100 on ebay, X60 closer to GBP150 (if you shop about). Getting it from a reputable local dealer (such as, in Bristol, Compuwave. I saw those exact two models in their window this morning) would add about GBP60 to that.

--------- Ed Rogers

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