Re: It's a simple question....
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 they are shipped with. This is because to
> cram so much into so little space many Laptop manufacturers put in tons
> of proprietary hardware then only code drivers for whatever OS they
> intend to ship with it. Worse still they only ship the drivers, never
> really releasing them.
>
> --
> Steve Lamb
>
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.
Anthony
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