Re: Re: Where to start: hardware and reading material
Chris Gavin-Egan <[email protected]>
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I used to have an X30 thinkpad and now do much work on a T40 thinkpad. Just love the machines and would wholly recommend IBM thinkpads. Solid, reliable and just work ! On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:24 PM, cr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 08 October 2011 13:38:39 Bruce Kingsbury wrote: > > On 8 October 2011 13:31, Mike Newman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As a relative newbie myself I would recommend that you start with a > > > desktop, I buy used (probably ex-leased) IBMs from a source on TradeMe, > > > cost is minimal, around $50. > > > > BTW Those ex-lease IBM's are very solid machines, and use an intel > chipset > > which have Intel-developed Free drivers so support for everything is > built > > right into the kernel. This is really the best option (imho) to get > > familiar with Linux. > > I'd echo that :) > > cr > (Thinkpad A20m, R40, R50....) > > _______________________________________________ > NZLUG mailing list [email protected] > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug > _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug