IBM laptop
Christopher Browne
cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sun Jan 15 18:20:31 UTC 2006
On 1/15/06, Fraser Campbell <fraser-eicrhRFjby5dCsDujFhwbypxlwaOVQ5f at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Marc Lijour wrote:
>
>
> > Somebody suggested the T41. I went to the lenovo web site to do a search and a
> > couple of links have popped up. I tried one and I went to the drivers &
> > downloads section. No mention of linux there :(
The "no mention of Linux" on the Lenovo web site is a vastly more
important datum than any opinions I may have expressed.
> There are different versions of support.
>
> 1. we support it
> 2. we support it, we even tried it once. If you have 6 months to wait
> we might be able to find a tech that can help.
> 3. we support it but we've never done it and I don't think we have
> anyone that could do it
> 4. we don't support it but we think it works
> 5. we know it doesn't work, we don't care, don't bug us
There might also be...
6. Someone has told us they had some success, but don't call us
expecting any help.
> Unfortunately you may find some large companies claiming to massively
> support Linux that advertise 1 but reality is 4.
I think there's a lot of "case #6" out there...
> I was about to suggest that if you really need Linux support that you
> should check out the laptop vendors advertising in Linux Journal,
I like Phil Hughes comment on this...
"Rather than complaining, I suggest shopping where Linux is appreciated."
That doesn't forcibly require going to Linux Journal (though Phil
would doubtless approve!); a quick Google search shows a number of
relevant vendors. You can certainly do worse than EmperorLinux.com...
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