Linked by Will Gunadi on Tue 5th Apr 2005 14:11 UTC
Today, there is no shortage of reviews on Linux on the Desktop, but I think we can benefit from more "Laptopized-Linux" experiences. As laptops keep dropping in price and increasing in terms of computing power, they really make a nice platform even for cpu intensive applications such as sofware development, desktop publishing, web design, etc. And as you will see in this article, installing Linux on a laptop is not as hairy as you may think.
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"What's needed for laptops to be successful with Linux is for a laptop to be made FOR linux instead of converting wintel ones.
1) Build them so power management & cpu throttling works
2) build a little volume knob instead of buttons since buttons require drivers which Linux lacks. Same with brightness, suspend, cd eject etc... make those os agnostic."
The IBM Thinkpad I own running SUSE Linux v9.2 works with the volume buttons and throttles the CPU and screen intensity automatically between AC and battery.