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 desktop but have no
experience with radeon.
2. WiFi what to avoid?
3. Dual boot? What problems should I expect?
I will install Jessie from a thumb drive and upgrade to testing when Jessie
becomes stable.
I generally prefer Radeon. Their drivers are often a bit better -
especially the open source ones. NVidea has has some people swearing at
them instead pf by them. :)
Most wifi just works. If it doesn't, you can get a really cheap USB wifi
adapter.
Dual-booting shouldn't create problems by itself. However Windows
doesn't like having its partitions shrunk. I recommend doing a full
backup before shrinking the Windows partition then booting into Windows
immediately afterward.
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