On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:49:48 -0800
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Justin Hartman wrote:
>
> > So down to the "simple" question. Is this really normal on a PC-based
> > Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian?
>
> With the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, not usually. With Dell,
Paul Johnson wrote:
Voting with your money is important when it comes to
compatability on Linux.
I'd be all for getting something other than a Dell, but they were the
only ones I could find that offered a laptop with a screen resolution
meeting or exceeding 1600x1200. Does anybody know of an
Justin Hartman wrote:
> So down to the "simple" question. Is this really normal on a PC-based
> Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian?
With the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, not usually. With Dell, HP, Acer, etc, yes,
the experience is typical. This is a result of most laptop vendors
Steve Lamb wrote:
Justin Hartman wrote:
Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option?
Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they
really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter
distributions which focus mostly on
On 18 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Justin Hartman wrote:
> > Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option?
>
> Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they
> really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter
> distributions whi
Justin Hartman wrote:
> Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option?
Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they
really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter
distributions which focus mostly on the x86 architecture. A go
On 2/18/07, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not really what you want to hear, but try Ubuntu live; if it works, at
least you'll know that it's *possible* to get things running in Linux.
Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option?
Regards
Justin Hartman
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On 17 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Justin Hartman wrote:
> > So down to the "simple" question. Is this really normal on a PC-based
> > Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian?
>
> Yes. Laptops are notorious for having horrible compatibility with
> anything other than the OS t
Justin Hartman wrote:
> So down to the "simple" question. Is this really normal on a PC-based
> Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian?
Yes. Laptops are notorious for having horrible compatibility with
anything other than the OS they are shipped with. This is because to
cram
In the past few months that I've used Debian I've now successfully
managed to install unstable on an Apple iBook G4, Apple mac mini (both
PowerPC) and Intel Celeron PC. I've also installed testing on a server
that I run which is powered by Intel P4 chips.
That's now 4 machines without many proble
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