IBM laptop

[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 
>> IBM never publicly offered a desktop or laptop PC without the Microsoft
>> tax; its high-end models wouldn't even give you the option of the
>> less-expensive XP Home. Most specialized Thinkpad support for Linux was
>> developed by the community, not IBM. Significant proprietary software
>> add-ons such as the "Access IBM" help system were never made available
>> for Linux. My support calls were always met by polite reminders that
>> official Linux Thinkpad support has never existed. Arguably community
>> interest due to the large market share of Thinkpads has as much to do
>> with their level of Linux support as anything IBM did. I subscribe to
>> the linux-on-thinkpad mailing list; the only postings from ibm.com are
>> "so-and-so is out of the office".
> 
> Actually, a few years back, they did sell some computers with OS/2 and
> they also have a "Linux certified" list, which says what ThinkPads are
> known to work well with Linux.

I forgot to mention, IBM employees can download Linux systems onto their
computers.

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