Re: Toshiba Sat. Laptop c2002 CE
Hello Frederick,
You might try slackware. <http://www.slackware.com/>(I liked this
distribution but couldnt get my wireless card to work on it so I changed
to Ubuntu.) Or Ubuntu. <http://www.ubuntulinux.org/> Ubuntu is based
on Debian and it has all the latest and greatest stuff with it. Debian
didn't work for me either so I tried Ubuntu and it worked.(XWindows
wouldn't come up for me in Debian.) I have a Sony pcg-nvr23. I tried
every Linux distribution I could find and finally settled on Ubuntu
because it just worked. Ubuntu is free also. If you dont have the
connection to download the CD's they will ship you one for free. No
shipping or anything. The next release is due in October. Here is the
website that has all the details on the newest release.
<http://www.ubuntu.com/newsitems/5.10preview>
I dont know whether you will want to do it however if you are looking
for a "pretty graphical installer". But Winbloze doesnt have a grapical
installer either so I really dont see the big deal with graphical
installers. This is a quote from their website:
"Ubuntu doesn't have a pretty graphical installer, it has a FAST and
EASY installer. OK, there are still a couple of places where you need to
know what you are doing, but the defaults will work for most
people. We have kept the distribution installation CD set down to one
single CD, everything else is available online if
you need it. On a typical computer, the Ubuntu installation should be
done in less than 25 minutes.
"The installer may not be GUI, but you only ever need to use it
once, because we support ongoing upgrades via the network, from version
to version. You never need to reinstall the operating
system, just upgrade from each released version to the next when you
want to."
As for people who might be in the boston area that can help you, a
google search turned this up. <http://www.blu.org/> I hope this helps
some. Looks like one of the members there is a member of the Ubuntu
group also. His name is Benjamin Mako Hill. You might want to get in
touch with him as I am sure he will help you out with anything you need
help with.
Sorry to be so wordy but thought you might want to know everything I
mentioned.
Brandon Richards
Frederick Royce Perez . wrote:
Hello :
I wrote a while back of my interest in putting a useful interface
on this laptop . I was stymied by the lack of visibility opening CD
DVD burned with Debian OS . I was vaguely aware that the color of
media was a discriminating factor . I purchased a Suse Linux package
along with encyclopedic print volume from a neighborhood Best Buy .
This installed . I was able to update via the ethernet cable . I was
unable to guess or understand anything else . No applications
including zero nada etc . I am prepared to abandon Seventy bucks to
"Suse" .
After recovering from this setback I wish to endeavor once again
into the realisation of the laptop for email , newspaper reading ,
DVD viewing , doc. storage , ereader's such as Palm , MobiPocket and
other domestic operations . I may be stupid or dull or a lethally
blended combination there abouts . So without requesting unwarranted
patience would some one indicate their personal opinion as to the
surest manner in which a dullard such as myself might proceed and
assume some risk of success ? I apologise in advance for being a pain
and wonder if there are people in the Boston Massachusetts area who I
might engage ? Expressing a gracious appreciation in advance feels an
apropos balance to the missing intuitive branch of my penthouse .
Frederick Royce Perez
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