Laptop and Linux

I will add to all the confusion!

I bought a used IBM (now Lenovo) R30 from TTE a couple of years ago and
run it with dual boot : I need Windoze for one application only (my book
cataloging software which is now over 12 years old and has my repository
of about 5000 books on it so can't be ported to a Tux application) and
have successfully had various Linux flavors running. I currently run DSL
but that's only because it was the last one I tried. My experience has
been that the R30 runs Linux better than it does Windoze! There is one
slight problem, though, Linux doesn't like the Thinkpad's little gizmo
that replaces the mouse whatever I do so, most times, I use it with a
docking station and a mouse : when I travel, I just have to work without
either the mouse or the little pointer thing (whose name escapes me at
the moment). And, for the record, the default system when I turn it on
is, of course, Linux : what else?

At one point I clobbered the CMOS somehow and had to get the system
reloaded but TTE came to the rescue for a small sum and then gave me a
set of system CDs for a token cost as against IBM wanting $50.00 for the
set.

My 2¢ worth = Thinkpads seem to work better with Linux than they do with
Windoze! And TTE always seems to have baragain basement laptops
available.

Oh, the only addition I have made is to fill out the RAM to its fullest
extent, which isn't that much but seems to result in a reasonably fast
system.

CroombeFP
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