Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 08/17/05 

Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:24:42 -0400

Tony Sivori wrote:

> What are the odds of Mandrake / Mandriva or Suse working on the bottom of
> the line laptops that Office Depot, Best Buy and others are selling? Has
> anyone here tried it?

There's a company called "Angel Computers", which sells low end computers,
loaded with Linux. They sell them for less than the same computer with
Windows. Also, I believe Wal Mart has or had some notebooks loaded with
Linux. Either of those sources should be OK for any Linux distro.

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