Hi there, I just put the freshest debian on an old test machine this week. I had problems with it with in virtual machine for some reason, just couldn't get it to work. Installed nicely so now I can play with it. I have to say I am a fan of Ubuntu, it was my first taste so I guess that is why. Anyway, I wanted to try more so the distro that was top of the list was open suse. It didn't like the old machine, driver issues I think. So number 2 was linux mint, 15 freshly released installed beautifully along side debian. Looks excellent. Install fests are so much fun. How wide are you planning to cast your net?
Alex On May 26, 2013 2:04 PM, "Terrell Larson" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to be building some machines in the next short while. I tried > with Ubuntu and I'm not impressed. My next try will be Debian and I'm > familiar with this since I'e been running it since about 1998. > > I have a couple new boots. Is there interest in an install fest? > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 01:23:28PM -0600, Josh G wrote: > > You might find success with the first paragraph outlined here: > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI > > > > Being a tad bit anti-windows, I usually just wipe it and go straight for > > Mint or Debian, > > so I have no practical experience in the matter. :/ > > > > Please let me know how that works out for you. > > > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > [email protected] > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? (Geekus Villagius) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 15:17:19 -0600 > > > From: Geekus Villagius <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [clug-talk] Mint dual boot on UEFI machine? > > > Message-ID: > > > < > > > cadz-tmklhepwxbp4wnm-e0dyouxccnssm8lpufm_zqc7gus...@mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > On the long weekend, I tried to run Linux Mint 14 on laptop (not mine) > from > > > a live CD. I met with success after several attempts to get into the > > > 'BIOS' and then switching from UEFI to legacy BIOS. > > > Mint runs well on the system. > > > Windows (which the laptop owner needs for now) will not run unless the > > > system has UEFI boot enabled. In legacy mode there is an "Operating > System > > > not found" error. > > > > > > Any suggestions for creating a successful dual-boot setup? Can booting > > > Windoze 7 be enabled after by some minor Grub magic, or would another > > > distro with a UEFI key be an available option? > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > URL: < > > > > http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20130525/a669fc80/attachment-0001.html > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 102, Issue 14 > > > ****************************************** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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