hi, i'm a heavy linux user who has only about 650 GBP pounds to spend on a laptop purchase. I'm stuck between choosing either the IBM R40e with a Celeon 2 Ghz, 256MB RAM, and 30 Gig HD, DVD/CDRW or ...

Installing Linux on a laptop no longer feels like signing up for a weekend of driver roulette. Pick hardware with decent Linux support and the essentials will usually fall into place right away, which ...

It's not even close, honestly.

Non-profit OLPC's XO notebook has jumped from its original estimated price of $100 and now faces pricing competition from commercial laptops As component prices drop, the aggressive pricing of ...

I bought an older HP omnibook (4150b) and every distro I've thrown at works like a charm (currently FC2). The only problem I've had is getting Debian Sarge working with the touchpad ...

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The pre-built Linux Kubuntu Focus Iridium laptop line is an unexpectedly good alternative to running any Linux operating system on converted Windows PCs. Born almost five years ago, Focus Computers ...

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