Hi,
On 31 July 2010 09:47, Simon Royal simonroyal@live.co.uk wrote:
Im not sure of the Compaq Armada M300.
Since you are endlessly struggling with this [*], I've googled and found you these sites that should be of use to you:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ http://www.linlap.com/wiki/laptops
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/compaq.html
the above one has a number of reports on the compaq model such as:
http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/~acher/m300/
http://www.mondoinfo.com/linux240x.html for the Thinkpad.
Bear in mind that some of these are from Redhat 6 / 7 days, so it's likely to be talking about old kernels and old hardware support. How newer distros handle old hardware is anyone's guess. Personally, I should say that besides possible performance issues (newer software tends to do more and is more shiny), things should stay roughly the same. But don't be surprised if some hardware supported in those old days no longer works on modern distros as obsolete source code is sometimes removed.
Good luck, Srdjan
{*} - would it not be better use of your time and money (betting on ebay for hardware you are not sure will work correctly or be supported), to save up for a while and get a semi-decent new laptop where things are likely to work more smoothly?