I recommend <a href="http://system76.com">system76.com</a>. They come with Ubuntu only, but work on making sure all of their hardware is supported under Linux, including fingerprint reader, camera, card reader, etc. Also, the form factor are nice on the two I have held.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Emerson, Tom (*IC)</b> <<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> -----Original Message----- Of matti<br>><br>> ps - do we have a speaker for this months meeting yet?<br>><br><br>Well, following on the "stepping into the goo" from last month when I<br>said I wanted to HEAR about PODCASTING (to which Michael picked on my
<br>technique of following up with "so, you'll go away, learn this, and<br>present it next month eh?") I *HAVE* been working up a short segment on<br>pod CATCHING -- the capture and playback of podcasts (i.e
., "client<br>side" of the equation...)<br><br>However, my laptop is "a little flakey" of late (memory going bad I<br>think...) so I'm also shopping for a new one (strongly considering<br>another <a href="http://powernotebooks.com">
powernotebooks.com</a> system as they are about one of maybe three<br>dealers who will sell systems WITHOUT an OS) I'll be making a decisions<br>this weekend, and if I do buy it, I'll probably be receiving it<br>
Wednesday or Thursday, so I might just be doing an install for the<br>meeting [wow, that would be novel...]<br><br>But if not, I really won't have a system suitable for doing any sort of<br>presentation, hence I haven't really stepped up and committed to this
<br>yet...<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Lowry<br><br>