Nick, Thanks. Its funny that you mention Ubuntu 7.10. I wish I had read your email from Saturday, because Sunday night I tried to install 7.10 on the Dell Inspiron 2500. I could not even get the Live CD to boot. Probably because Ubuntu 7.10 requires 384MB ram to run , and I'm pretty sure that I have only 256MB. Unfortunately the laptop only has about a 10GB HDD. I picked up the Ubuntu 7.10 at FOSE, but I think I have some older versions of Ubuntu laying around, so I'll try that tonight.
Russ On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Nick Cummings wrote: > For this paricular model of computer (Inspiron 2500) I'm pretty sure all > that stuff worked with the live Knoppix and Ubuntu Live CDs (with the > exception of Ubuntu 7.10 which I couldn't get to run correctly at all). > > Regards, > > Nick > > Justin Walker wrote: > > Just a slight caution: Chances are you won't get everything working > > properly on the LiveCD - particularly wireless internet and sound. Don't > > let that discourage you from whatever distro you're trying. Those minor > > problems are usually sorted out without too much hassle once you install. > > > > - Justin > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Russ > > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [UM-LINUX] Linux on a laptop > > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for all the input and advice on which version of Linux to use on a > > laptop. The live cd idea sounds like the great advice before an > > actual install. I do like learning more about Linux, but since this is a > > project with which I need a dependable working OS I'll try Ubuntu, > > PCLinuxOS 2007, or Knoppix. If anyone has more to add please feel free. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Russ Main > > > > > Sincerely, Russ Main
