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On Thu, 12 Oct 1995 russ@cc.tuat.ac.jp wrote: > Have not actually got it yet, but was wondering if this is the appropriate > list for the 701c model Thinkpad? The subscription notification I received > stated several models, but did not mention this one. I'm in a very similar situation - i have a 701cs on order, and looking a forum for the machine found this mailing list. I seem to recall seeing mention of it being for discussion of all thinkpads, but then see mention specifically of 75X models elsewhere. What's the prevailing view on this? Since i'm so eager to explore some questions, i'm going to go ahead and ask - plz excuse me if in fact this is not the right place! My basic question is, which OS should i run on my thinkpad for maximum comfort and interoperability? Ultimately, i want to be able to do easy file sharing between my work systems - unix, mostly suns, all on ethernet - and my laptop. I have some familiarity with DOS/Windows, but much much more with Unix. And i'm not very happy with the operation of after-the- fact tcp/ip packages i've seen for DOS/Windows. I'm seriously considering putting linux up on the thinkpad. I've heard it should not be hard to install it on the 701cs (i'll have a 720MB disk, which should help for room). I've seen laptop linux's which had problems with power management - couldn't suspend - but i gather that's been resolved, recently. ? I'm interested in knowing if anyone on the list knows the disposition of linux on 701cs machines - is the install fairly straightforward, will it avail all the peripheral resources (IR ports, PCMCIA SCSI and ethernet cards, power mgmt, ...) etc? Alternately, i've started considering going with OS/2 warp (OS/2 2.11, warp v3 is supposed to come preinstalled). I've heard OS/2 is a pretty capable OS, and a machine here at work has the OS/2 with the tcp/ip stuff - part of OS/2 Connect, i presume - which looks like it gives pretty complete tcp/ip capabilities - telnet, ftp, NFS, X, etc. My question here is, does OS/2 Connect come as part of the OS/2 bundled with the thinkpads, or is it something i would have to buy extra? Considering it would just be a trial use of OS/2 in the first place, to see if i like it, i'm reluctant to buy an incidental package to get it viable... (I tried OS/2 a bit, and have yet another question. The machine i tried has the tcpip stuff - i got it so i could do a remote login, and run an X client on the display, etc - cool. But when i was remotely logged in to the OS/2 shell, any 'help' i issued got popped into windows on the system console - aargh. Is there any way to override this? It reflects a presumption that people will *not* be doing remote logins, and i'm concerned that this assumption is buried deep in the system design. That would be a bad thing...) Anyway, any information would be appreciated. Again, sorry if 701 issues are not relevant here! ken manheimer klm@cnri.reston.va.us, 703 620-8990 x259