Re: Lap top for Linux

From: David N. Welton (davidw_at_dedasys.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:03:12 GMT

"Highland Ham" <abcgm0csz.kn6whxyz@abcntlworldxyz.com> writes:

> Would appreciate receiving any advice on possible incompatibilty problems
> with certain hardware components, like graphics cards ,soundcards and above
> all any internal V92 modem ( sadly I won't be having Broadband -ADSL before
> Sep 2005)
>
> If internal modems are a 'pain' to configure I could hook-up an external V90
> modem (to comms port)
>
> Your advice (especially on 'no go' components) will be much appreciated

I recently set up a site for just such a purpose, called the Linux
Incompatibility List: http://leenooks.com/

It's pretty new, so it's still being filled out, but it's gaining
entries pretty quickly. 

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