Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

> Pity. There is a super firm in the UK! At Los Alamos Computer a reputable American company will install your choice of any GNU/Linux distribution on a variety of Lenovo Think Pads. http://laclinux.com/en/Laptop -- ps -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On 12/11/2011 02:46 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: * Richard Owlett [111211 08:19]: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Back in the days of Lenny, this outfit

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

marcus wrote: On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Thank you. Sorry for being late to the party, When I bgough

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Lisi wrote: On Sunday 11 December 2011 13:06:45 Richard Owlett wrote: Lisi wrote: On Friday 09 December 2011 21:29:17 Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some com

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

* Richard Owlett [111211 08:19]: > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm > aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I > would like to do some comparison shopping. Back in the days of Lenny, this outfit has shipped laptops with Debian installed and e

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Thank you. Sorry for being late to the party, When I bgought my last mac

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Sunday 11 December 2011 13:06:45 Richard Owlett wrote: > Lisi wrote: > > On Friday 09 December 2011 21:29:17 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. > >> I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone > >> else? I would like to do some

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Lisi wrote: On Friday 09 December 2011 21:29:17 Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Thank you. You don't say where. That usually means

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Friday 09 December 2011 21:29:17 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. > I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone > else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. > > Thank you. You don't say where. That usually means in the

Multi-booting (was: Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled)

On Vi, 09 dec 11, 18:24:56, doug wrote: > > Hint: if you run more than one Linux distro, within each Documents > directory, put a filename > that says pclos, or ubuntu, or whatever, so when you select a > partition, you can figure out what > system you're accessing. Otherwise it gets confusing!

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Vi, 09 dec 11, 15:29:17, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm > aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I > would like to do some comparison shopping. There used to be ThinkPads sold with Suse pre-installed, don't know if

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Look at linux.dell.com >> Dell maybe still does this. They used to a while ago. > > I knew they did at one time and had gone there first. They > do a pretty good job of concealing Linux if you enter via > "Home/Home Office". I did find some information by searching > their site with Google. >

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

der.hans wrote: Am 09. Dec, 2011 schwätzte Richard Owlett so: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. ZaReason. Emporor Linux has been around for a long time.

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Jude DaShiell wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011, doug wrote: On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Thank you. I think

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:01 PM, doug mailto:dmcgarr...@optonline.net>> wrote: On 12/09/2011 06:37 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: Labelling the partitions sensibly is probably a better plan. OK, I'll bite. How do you label the partitions? I was under the

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On 12/09/2011 09:04 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:01 PM, doug > wrote: On 12/09/2011 06:37 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: Labelling the partitions sensibly is probably a better plan. OK, I'll bite. How do you label the partit

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:01:47 -0500, doug wrote: > OK, I'll bite. How do you label the partitions? I was under the > impression that they would have to be called / or /home or /boot, and so > on. I think you are confusing partition labels with mount points. Scroogle is your friend. -- To UN

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:01 PM, doug wrote: > On 12/09/2011 06:37 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> Labelling the partitions sensibly is probably a better plan. >> >> >> OK, I'll bite. How do you label the partitions? I was under the > impression > that they would have to be called / or /home or /b

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On 12/09/2011 06:37 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:24:56 -0500, doug wrote: /snip/ Hint: if you run more than one Linux distro, within each Documents directory, put a filename that says pclos, or ubuntu, or whatever, so when you select a partition, you can figure out what syst

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Friday 09 December 2011 12:29:17 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. > I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone > else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. > > Thank you. HP ships laptops with Freedos, or enterprise

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Dell maybe still does this. They used to a while ago.On Fri, 9 Dec 2011, doug wrote: > On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of > > System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do > > some

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:24:56 -0500, doug wrote: > On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware >> of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like >> to do some comparison shopping. >> >> Thank you. >> >

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Thank you. I think I've heard that Asus will ship with Linux, and perhaps

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

Am 09. Dec, 2011 schwätzte Richard Owlett so: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. ZaReason. Emporor Linux has been around for a long time. ciao, der.hans