Plug installfest ?

[stu]

Joe;
	All I can tell you is that I've run a variety of different distros on my HP 
Pavilion ze4420us laptop, and all seemed to work quite well. I'm currently 
running MEPIS 3.3.2 with no problems for the past year or so. Planning to 
switch to MEPIS 3.3.4 soon.
	Stu

On Saturday 26 November 2005 10:15, Josef Lowder wrote:
> 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.)
>
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