use Perl

• Want a T20? (Score:2)

  by samtregar (2699)

  I'm selling my Thinkpad T20 for $450:

  http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/64568775.html [craigslist.org]

  It ran Fedora Core 2 quite well, particularly once I switched from Gnome to XFCE. The T20 is actually one of the very small group of laptops that shipped with Linux installed, so the hardware support is quite good. I even got suspend to disk working!

  -sam
  • Re:Want a T20? (Score:1)

    by zatoichi (4897)

    I am in talks for my first actual paid Perl job. Hopefully I will get it. If I do, I am thinking I will need a laptop. I have an iBook for my personal use but since the company uses Linux I thought being closer to the setup would probably help me. While OSX is based on BSD it does have some oddities.
    • Re:Want a T20? (Score:2)

      by jdavidb (1361)

      I have made dual boot Linux/OS X work fine with Debian and Gentoo.

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      J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
      • Re:Want a T20? (Score:1)

        by zatoichi (4897)

        Can I do that without wipeing out my current setup? I have never looked into dual booting OSX.
        • Re:Want a T20? (Score:2)

          by jdavidb (1361)

          That I don't know. I think even over in the Windows world attempting to preserve a current setup and install a dual-boot system is iffy, and I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't possible for Mac. :(

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          J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
          • Re:Want a T20? (Score:1)

            by zatoichi (4897)

            Ah, I would get another laptop then. I like to keep my worlds separate. Plus, I will make enough to pay it off in a month. If I get the job that is.
  • Re:Want a T20? (Score:1)

    by zatoichi (4897)

    BTW, I really like XFCE4. That is probably what I would use if I didn't use GNOME.
• Compatibles (Score:1)

  by n1vux (1492)

  • http://www.linuxcompatible.org/ [linuxcompatible.org] and http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html [linux.org]
  • http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO.html [tldp.org]
  • How about with Linux pre-loaded?, Your budget does keep you out of the top-drawer systems e.g., http://www.emperorlinux.com/ [emperorlinux.com] but there are mass-market offerings - http://news.com.com/Wal-Mart+debuts+498+Linux+laptop/2100-1044_3-5498006.html [com.com], http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/05/0032255&tid=163&tid=184&tid=10 6 [slashdot.org] but the slightly higher priced models looked bett

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  Bill
  # I had a sig when sigs were cool
  use Sig;