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From: sjc@cs.purdue.edu (Steve Chapin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Un*x on laptop/notebook
Date: 2 Mar 1993 23:12:09 -0500
Organization: Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
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In-reply-to: summer@ee.mu.OZ.AU's message of Wed, 3 Mar 1993 00:31:21 GMT
}} In article <9306211.12030@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> summer@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield) writes:
}}
}} Is anyone out there running any Un*x variant on a laptop or notebook
}} computer?
}}
}} I am particularly interested in info about the free Un*x clones, Linux
}} and 386BSD, since I can't afford to pay for a commercial version (at least
}} initially).
I'm in much the same situation, as I'm buying a 486-based notebook
Real Soon Now. There are several people who run Linux on their
notebooks.
I ran Linux 0.95 on a vanilla 386SX notebook (AMS). I have exchanged
mail with people running Linux on a TI (same as a Gateway Nomad 2000)
and a CompuDyne (both 486 machines). The consensus is that 8Mb of RAM
is necessary to run X, and 16 is better. Both of them are very happy
with their notebooks, and Linux ran fine on mine.
To my understanding, Linux doesn't currently support suspend/resume.
It would run fine through the "sleep mode" on my 386 notebook, though.
sjc@cs.purdue.edu Steve Chapin ...!purdue!sjc
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