Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread David
Mike Bird wrote: On Mon January 14 2008 13:54:21 David wrote: Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do you think of it? It's one of a number I'm considering at the moment. Did you get the pre-installed SUSE option or do you have Debian installed, and if so, any con

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread Mike Bird
On Mon January 14 2008 13:54:21 David wrote: > > Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and > > setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you > > keep the diag partition (recommended). > > Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread David
Mike Bird wrote: Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you keep the diag partition (recommended). Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do you think of it? It's one of a numb

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 14, 2008 2:26 PM, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon January 14 2008 03:47:32 Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > > > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > > > there might be unforeseeable circumst

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread Mike Bird
On Mon January 14 2008 03:47:32 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > > there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows > > only software. I am sure if I n

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows > only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by > Debian partition later and

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-10 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 9 2008 13:51:21 Jimmy Wu wrote: The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space" (see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/win

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed January 9 2008 13:51:21 Jimmy Wu wrote: > The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: > (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with > at least 15 GB of available space" (see > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequi >rements.ms

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-09 Thread Jimmy Wu
Thanks to Chris and Mike for your responses - I appreciate your input and time On Jan 9, 2008 6:14 AM, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Perhaps it would be best to install with dual booting by shrinking your > Windoze > partition - have a look at the Debian NewbieDOC wiki [1]. and

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Lale
Jimmy Wu wrote: [...] > I have a few questions before I wipe > Vista off the laptop, specifically about the Thinkpad software that > comes preloaded. Does Debian provide similar support for stuff like > the "Client Security" that manages the fingerprint reader, and other > stuff the volume button

Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue January 8 2008 19:40:43 Jimmy Wu wrote: > A question for Thinkpad Debian users: > > I will be getting a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 in a few days, which will > become my primary computer for school/home etc. I want to run Debian > etch on it, but am relatively new to Debian and Linux (I started wit