On 01/18/2015 05:29 PM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 06:07:55PM +0100, Hans wrote:
space you want to give for every partition. Hint: Make the partition, where
/tmp resides a little bigger, so that there is about 10GB free. Some
applications (like a DVD burner) uses it for temporary files. In this special
case, and you
Is that still the case?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=96
Not by default, I know. But it appears, that i.e. k3b is using and looking for
temporary space in /tmp, when burning DVDs. Most people (i guess) will not
have 8GB of RAM free (for double-layer DVDs), so that
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:40:04 AM UTC+5:30, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59:07AM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30,
jo...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
On 18/01/15 03:35 PM, Doug wrote:
On 01/18/2015 12:21 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
$600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some
advice. These
are the
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, Celejar wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:52:33 -0800
Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote:
...
I avoid Intel wifi chips. In fact, I try to avoid ALL Intel stuff
even CPUs.
You don't say why, but AFAIK Intel wireless chipsets have some of the
best linux
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
$600), however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need
some advice. These are the questions that come to mind.
Before doing anything, even buying a laptop,
On 19/01/2015, Hans hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote:
Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
$600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
These are the questions
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30, jo...@ageinggracefully.ca
wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
3. Dual boot? What problems should I expect?
Modern uefi/gpt machines can give special challenges for which
Ive found this helpful:
Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
These are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have nvidia on my
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:07:55 +0100
Hans hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote:
Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59:07AM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30,
jo...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
3. Dual boot? What problems should I expect?
Modern uefi/gpt
On 01/18/2015 07:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have nvidia on
On 01/18/2015 12:21 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1.
I mentioned in another post to use the Windows software to shrink its size
to make room for Linux. That's still what I recommend. However:
Does GParted work with the UEFI/GPT system? If not, is there a Linux program
that does? One would wish not to have to go to Windows for any future
On 01/18/2015 02:11 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
/snip/
I stand to be corrected if I am wrong, but my understanding is that
that information applies now to only old computers; all new Wintel and
WinAMD computers are now UEFI/GPT, rather than FAT/BIOS, and the
primary/logical partitions system, is
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:52:33 -0800
Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote:
...
I avoid Intel wifi chips. In fact, I try to avoid ALL Intel stuff
even CPUs.
You don't say why, but AFAIK Intel wireless chipsets have some of the
best linux support out there, with manufacturer provided
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:57:22PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote:
Hi there,
I am thinking of buying a laptop, probably second hand, with the
intention of running linux only. Does anyone have any experience with
installing and using linux on laptops? Can anyone recommend any
particular laptop
Seth R Arnold wrote:
Matthew, if I recall correctly, there is even a debian-laptop mailing list!
:)
Coolness!! I'll check it out.
See if you can buy the thing without an OS, since that should save roughly
$190 on Win98... :)
Well, I'll probably buy second hand, so I'll be putting up
I am thinking of buying a laptop, probably second hand, with the
intention of running linux only. Does anyone have any experience with
installing and using linux on laptops? Can anyone recommend any
particular laptop brands/models for running linux? What can I do to make
sure that any laptop
I am very happy with my Sharp 9080. You may be able to get one for just
over $3000 - I paid over $4k last fall.
The key feature of this laptop is the absolutely beautiful color active
matrix screen with 1024x768 resolution, which may be key to your
applications. I struggled for a month to get X
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