Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney on 02/08/05 07:12

* The Disguised Jedi <disguised.jedi@gmail.com>:
> I also forgot to mention my hardware.
>
> P4 2.8 GHz - Notebook
> 60 GB HDD w/ 15 GB seperate partition for the linux
> CD-RW 24x
> WLAN for main connection

Almost identical to what I'm writing this on... except my partitions are
all linux... ;-)

In getting ready for the linux install on this machine, I went over to
http://www.linux-laptop.net -- this should be your first stop if you're
using a laptop. See if you can find what others have written about
getting it up and running; if you're lucky, you'll see several distros,
and be able to compare, or somebody will have written a comparison of
several.

From what I've been able to see, Kanotix has been a favorite for a
number of laptops with similar configurations. It's a livecd, so you'll
be able to test it out without installing -- which will give you a good
idea if your hardware will work with it.

Then, install away!

(Me? I run gentoo.)

> Thanks for the responses i've already received!
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:31:46 -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire. Net LLC
> <chad@shire.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I like gentoo for Linux. However, you may be best served by FreeBSD.
>> www.freebsd.org
>>
>> Chad


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matthew@weierophinney.net
http://weierophinney.net/matthew

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