kcr
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Sat Nov-13-04 11:08 PM
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Thinking of dual booting my laptop. I run a couple of Linux servers, and was thinking of playing with the desktops again (I do this every couple of years, hoping they will stop sucking :) ). Any recommendations? Its an older Dell (Inspiron 2650), and I would need it to work with a Linksys wireless card or a cheap replacement for said.
Thanks.
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Sun Nov-14-04 12:04 PM
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1. Why not try one of the live CDs like Knoppix, Gnoppix, Morphix, etc.? |
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They have great hardware detection, you can see which one you like, and install if later if you like (or just make a persistent home directory if you don't have much HD space - little slower that way, of course).
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Mon Nov-15-04 02:21 PM
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5. Also SUSE has something like this. |
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We tested it out on a deskop at work. It worked nice.
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Sun Nov-14-04 08:27 PM
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Does very well with laptops.
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Sun Nov-14-04 10:04 PM
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3. I am running Fedora Core 1 on my Dell laptop...no probs... |
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Just downloaded the core3 iso's and will be making the jump here shortly.
on a secondary note, I have dual booted on several systems and have come to believe there is really no good reason to do that. Hardware is cheap, so get a system for Windoz and another for Linux at the end of the day you'll be a lot happier with a dedicated system for each os.
Just my 2cents.
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Mon Nov-15-04 02:21 PM
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4. I have an Inspiron 8200 with RH 8.x in a tri-boot with 2 windows installs |
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It woks well for me. I went through the HCL's making sure it works and it has. I even got my wireless adatper to work. There are some websites dedicated to laptop installs, but it's been a couple years since I looked at it. I think you need to install your windows installs first, then the Linux.
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Thu Nov-18-04 05:06 PM
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7. Update to post #3 - Now running Fedor Core 3 - no probs. |
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