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    Looking for light weight fully Linux compatible top.

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by NotFrozen, Jun 20, 2006.

  1. NotFrozen

    NotFrozen Newbie

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    Lightweight, small (less than 15" screen, preferably), Linux compatible laptop, with ample hard drive space (dual booting Slackware and Windows), and a decent enough video card to play CounterStrike 1.6, and maybe :Source.

    Budget ~$1200-1500 sound reasonable?
     
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmm... possibly HP's dv2000z series. Turion X2 CPU so you can run 64-bit Linux. nVidia chipset and GeForce 6150 GPU, nVidia tends to be very Linux-friendly. 14" widescreen. The first dv2000z's should be delivered within the next week or two, hopefully someone will try Linux on them.
     
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  3. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Asus A8Jm

    T2400 1.83GHz Core Duo
    14.1" WXGA
    512MB dedicated nVidia go7600 (no crappy TurboCache/Hypermemory)
    1GB RAM
    100GB 5400rpm HDD
    Weight 5.3 lbs (2.39 Kg)
    ~$1500 USD

    Review can be found here.
     
    TedJ, Jun 21, 2006
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