I'm a server guy when it comes to Linux. If I had access to these laptops which would someone say was good for desktop use with Fedora Core 1? More importantly has anyone had horrific problems with any of these?
ThinkPad T40 ThinkPad X31 Dell Latitude D400 Dell Latitude C600
I have had excellent success with the IBM equipment, including the T23 on which I am writing this. Some of the hardware I don't use (like the modem) and so I can't fully speak for hardware compatibility. However, the last time I actually needed a modem (on my earlier T22, perhaps?) IBM had a Linux driver tarball on its support page so it was painless. The WiFi card is supported out-of-the-box in FC1, which is a first; I used to use the linux-wlan-ng project RPM's, which were excellent and also painless.
Overall, highly recommend IBM. For a bunch of personal reasons, I am not very happy with Dell and would not feel comfortable recommending them.
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
