Plug installfest ?

[Josef Lowder]

Thanks, Josh ... 

The laptop on which I want to install Linux is an hp pavilion 
model #zv6201cl from Costco.  Of course, it is returnable if it 
doesn't turn out to be satisfactory with Linux  ;)) 

If anyone knows of a better deal -- i.e. a cheaper laptop with near 
comparable features ... especially one that does not require paying 
the M$ tax, I'd be interested. 

This one has an AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+ 2.0 GHz 
512 KB -- L2 Cache 
60 GB hard drive 
15.4" WXGA display 
ATI Radeon Xpres 200 M with 128 dedicated video memory 
54g 802.11 b/g WLAN (don't know that I have any interest in that) 
DVD+RW and CD-RW combo drive with double layer support 
8 Cell Lithium-Ion battery 
6 in 1 digital media reader 

My objective is to have Linux as my main operating system with Win4Lin 
so I can run win98 as a task under Linux for the few win apps that I still 
use until I can get up to speed on Linux alternatives -- mainly Pagemaker 
and Paint Shop Pro. 

Since it came with Win XP (which I do not really want), I'll probably 
set it up as a dual (or multiple) boot rather than just reformatting to 
eliminate XP entirely. 

I have install CDs for Mandrake 10.1 official (though I know there 
is a later version called Mandriva) and a Mepis Live CD (b2004.05). 
I've been kind of partial to Mandrake just because my old 8.1 version 
has been running for 4+ years without ever crashing and I have never 
done or needed to do an update.  I like stable and do not want to 
have to bother with endless updating. 

I'm also interested in Ubuntu because of all the high-praise I've heard 
from many users, but I don't know much about it. 

I just do not want something that I'll have to endlessly update or 
continuously tinker with. 

So, I'm open to suggestions and recommendations. 

Joe 

------------------------------------
On Saturday 26 November 2005 09:07, you wrote:
> --- Josef Lowder <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> > So is there one today today?
> > I'd like to get the latest Mandriva or Ubuntu or Mepis
> > (or all three) installed on a new laptop I just bought.
> >
> > joe at actionline.com
> >
> ------------------------------------
> tell us about the laptop hardware. It might be really
> easy to get started with yourself. (If I can do it,
> anyone can.)