Re: Laptop choice to run debian

From: Josh Battles (josh.lists_at_omg-stfu.com)
Date: 09/09/05

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    antgel said:
    > Josh Battles wrote:
    >> I've got to agree with the others here that the IBM ThinkPad is a wonderful
    >> laptop to run Debian on. I installed Ubuntu on my T42 and it detected
    >> everything right out of the box and configured it all correctly. The only
    >> thing I had to do was manually setup my wifi card and the scroll button for
    >> the trackpoint device.
    >
    > Ubuntu Is Not Debian.

    Yes it is true that Ubuntu is not Debian, however since it is Debian based I
    felt that this was a relevant response. Perhaps I should have mentioned that
    I installed Sarge on it before I installed Ubuntu, and had to do exactly the
    same amount of post-install configuration with both distros. 

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