Debian on ThinkPad, at Oscar's, etc.

[Michael Paoli]

I'm running Debian on an
IBM ThinkPad T40p TYPE 2373-G1U
I'll be at the meeting at Oscar's Hot Dogs - complete with that laptop.
There's some pretty good information on the Internet about using LINUX
in general and Debian specifically on the T40p, and ThinkPad systems in
general, e.g.:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
http://www.newt.com/debian/thinkpad-t40p/
http://arg0.net/users/vgough/suse-t40p.html
http://www.thunk.org/tytso/linux/t40.html
http://zodiac.dnsalias.org/misc/t40p.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/
http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/madwifi-faq.htm
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=82936
Some of those references help me out significantly (in both purchase
decision, and some set-up details) ... I suppose there are perhaps a few
other details I figured out on my own that makes life with Debian on
ThinkPad (at least T40p TYPE 2373-G1U) work much better.

> Subject: RE: Oscar's Hot Dogs, CDs, PGP/gpg, etc.
> Message-ID: <653D4C90A56E8B4488DCC75CE379D08902C7F8@valkyrie.PCPN.local>
> From: "Daniel Curry" <dcurry@pcpn.net>
> To: <bad@bad.debian.net>
> Sender: bad-admin@bad.debian.net
> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:31:13 -0800

> I am new to Debian.  In fact, I am installing Debian, now, for the first
> time in several years.  I will see what I can do about bringing a power
> strip with me.

> Does anyone have any comments on Debian package suggestions or problems
> to expect from Debian on an IBM Thinkpad?