[GRLUG] FW: $849 - New IBM Thinkpad T61 Core 2 Duo Laptop 2.0GHz with DVD-R, WWAN, WiFi and Widescreen

[David Pembrook]

Casey DuBois wrote:
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> This is the FIRST time I’ve ever seen an IBM Loaded and Licensed with 
> SUSE Linux Enterprise Version 10.
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> I was thinking about getting one but wanted to ask the list for input.
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> Is anyone else running SUSE 10 on a notebook?
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> Have you had any issues?
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> Sincerely,
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> /Casey M. DuBois/
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I pitched in once and bought 9.1 some time back. I've always found it to 
have a nice install routine and a very nice out of the box experience. 
For day to day professional use I think its a fine way to go. I only got 
in trouble with it when I wanted all the eye candy with more recent 
versions (10.x) and I'm sure others have had issues in their own area. 
Another downside though is it seems slower than a nice lightweight 
Debian desktop (I like speed). For (at least) the computer enthusiast 
there are a lot of other choices.

I wind up back to openSuse when I want a nice out of the box experience 
(install and go to work). I installed it on my 2 year old HP laptop and 
everything worked but the wireless. I have some reading to do on that. 
Other than my hardware issue, it installed clean along side Windows and 
runs great.

just my 2 cents.

Dave