Re: Re: IBM/Lenovo and Linux
Mark Foster <[email protected]>
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On 10/10/11 18:26, Damian Turner-Steele wrote: > *>It extends to some of the Lenovo model series i.e. the more expensive > ones. > >> I use a T400 myself which is very similar in construction to the old IBM >> T series. Unfortunately you can't buy them without Windows.* > * > * > +1 for the T series. I also use a Lenovo T412 for work and love it to bits. > Works really well with Mint Linux but I actually use Puppy much more simply > for the sheer speed of the thing. I also resurrected an old IBM 600 (Intel > P2 and 256mb ram) using Ubuntu 9.04 and XFCE only last week and it still ran > like a champ and was absolutely usable. The design difference between my > T412 and the old 600 seemed from the outside at least to be limited to the > wide screen. After all if it ain't broke don't fix it and Lenovo seemed to > have nailed it at least for their professional range. The same cant be said > of Ubuntu. 9.04 - 11.04 anyone? > Running 10.10 on my T510. Everything works well, actually, though I have some oddball issues with the power management system that're possibly kernel related.... Mark. _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug