[MLB-WIRELESS] Linux on laptops

[Jason Leigh Lade]

The only problem with the built-in UPS idea is that leaving the power in 
doesn't keep a healthy battery.  My thinkpad 240 with Li-Ion battery 
doesn't even get 5 minutes without power now.  The battery is next to 
useless, only enough time to boot and start open office and then it's 
switching itself off.

Jason

Craig Mead wrote:

>|  Ah .. I am a linux newbie and I have one of those really
>|  stupid questions. doing things all around
>|
>|  I'm looking at running linux on a laptop and am wondering what
>|  experiences people had using 468 or early Pentium based machines
>|  (ah la P75) and whether they had dropped details of said experiences
>|  anywhere on the wiki?
>|
>|  Abe
>
>Abe,
>
>Ran my first router on an old Toshiba P-90 laptop.
>Ran great for a long time (was running RH6.2) just zapping data back and
>forward between the AP, my LAN and my dial up connection.
>
>Finally got the boot in favour of a desktop P166 when I got DSL cause I
>needed 3 x NIC's as opposed to 2 x NIC's and a serial cable.
>
>Speeds did increase slightly with the increased bus speed of the system
>(also going from 10mb PCMCIA NIC's to 10/100 PCI's would have helped too).
>Apart from that, no real issues at all. They're great as routers cause they
>have the best UPS built in already if they have a working battery.
>
>Regards, Craig Mead
>
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