On 17 Oct 2005 at 15:08, ed stuckems wrote: > I'm going to buy my first laptop and I'm looking for advice. While I've > purchased desktop systems many times, the laptop is a different kettle of > fish (they're not easily upgraded, everything is integrated into the > motherboard, etc). In particular, what should I be looking for to ensure > that I can run linux, and is there anything that I should watch out for > because it will preclude the use of Linux (specific hardware that isn't > supported, etc.) > > Any advice will be appreciated. Take a LiveCD with you. Boot the laptop from it. That will give you an idea of what will work and not work (e.g. network card, wireless NIC). -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/