Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)
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On 05/25/07 11:32, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
> I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390
> with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it
> in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 boots on the
> machine. (Would I be able to migrate to Debian or just stay with Knoppix
> if I go that way?) I also have woody and have seen the installation
> advice on the installation of woody on a ThinkPad (Yep, I used Google).
> I have booted the woody installation CDROM on the machine; however, it
> could not find the original harddrive (I was waiting for the replacement
> harddrive from Drive Solutions). Anyway I would prefer to install
> something more modern. The one USB 1.1 port works well. I'm not sure
> about the PCMIA slots. Obviously the CDROM drive works, or I could not
> have installed Windows and booted live Linux CD's. Ubuntu Dapper Drake
> stalled with a KDE desk error.
What kind of error?
Have you correctly installed the replacement drive?
> I've ordered a Belkin wireless USB adapter (g protocol). I have
> not tested the internal modem yet but would want a faster connection. I
> have a home network connected by ethernet and a Belkin wireless g router.
> The network itself connects to the Internet through a Xoom DSL modem.
> I have done network install of Debian etch to a desktop over my network.
> Are there any special techniques or extra information that I have missed?
> I can download iso images to my desktop and create CDROM's.
Two vital questions are:
1. How much RAM does the laptop have? Probably not much.
2. How much experience do you have with Linux?
Xubuntu might be good choice to install, even though you might then
have to install a lighter-weight window manager.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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