[wellylug] Buying pc

[Ian Sterling]

I'm not familiar much with Trademe (since I live in the US), but if
you get a used IBM Thinkpad, you really can't go wrong.  I've had
linux distros from older Gentoo to Debian (sarge on up) to FC2/3/4, to
(K)Ubuntu on my thinkpads (I've owned 4 of them) and they've all run
pretty flawlessly.  I had display problems in the beginning with my
old Thinkpad 365X, but the 560X, A22m, and X31 are all running linux
pretty well.  You'll find that most Thinkpads are extremely well
supported.

There's also the following site that's geared to Thinkpads and Open Source:

ThinkWiki: http://www.thinkwiki.org/

--Ian...

On 11/9/06, Rob Collins <robcollins55 at aim.com> wrote:
>
>  Can anyone give me any hints as to what specs I should be looking for when
> buying a second hand laptop or pc off Trademe?  I want to get something that
> is going to be as hassle-free as possible when installing K(U)buntu and run
> fairly well as a home media setup.  I already know Nvidia is something to
> make sure it has, anything else??
>
>  Rob Collins
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