[brlug-general] gentoo portage; and laptops

[Dustin Puryear]

At 04:54 AM 5/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I had two questions to ask you guys.  First, John, how do you like the 
>portage system in gentoo.  I understand it's similar to bsd, but my 
>brushings with bsd are few and far between.
>
>Secondly, I got a hankerin for a spendin alot of money, and I want a 
>laptop.  So I was looking at alienware's new 
>laptop. 
><http://www.alienware.com/main/system_pages/area51-m.asp>http://www.alienware.com/main/system_pages/area51-m.asp 
>They'll leave as much unpartitioned space as I want, although they won't 
>give me a completely blank slate.  Anyone see any problems puttin linux on 
>one of these babies?  I personally wouldn't think so, but I've never owned 
>a laptop and don't know about the trials and tribulations that go with 
>gettin linux to work on one.

Just make sure the video, sound, and network chips are supported.

Regards, Dustin


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