memory
Brian Cluff
brian at snaptek.com
Fri Oct 10 13:42:09 MST 2014
Probably not, but it would be worth doing a little research to see if
there is anything that doesn't work out of the box.
The most I haven't been able to get to work out of the box so far has
been some of the specialized hot keys, but I don't use them anyway, and
I was able to tweak a config to make them work and then on more recent
versions they have worked out of the box.
Brian
Brian
On 10/10/2014 11:45 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting Linux on it?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
> Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops die ever. I
> just don't invest anything extra in them after a couple of years.
> It just makes more sense to save your money and get another better
> one than it does to pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well
> past it's prime.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> My mileage has been much better
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:
>
> I always figure that a laptop is good for about 2 years.
> Anything you
> get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly wouldn't
> put much
> money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2 year mark.
>
> That being said, I usually get more than 2 years out of my
> laptops,
> but I baby them, so they have really easy lives, but I still
> wouldn't
> put much into any of them except the one that is under 2
> years old.
>
> Brian
>
> On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM,
> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.__com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>>> wrote:
>
> How old is the laptop and what brand?
>
>
>
> On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM,
> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.__com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>>> wrote:
>
> My question is what is the computer used
> for? Are you
> using it
> for your Linux from scratch project?
>
>
> Well.... what happened is I was using my laptop
> as my main
> computer
> (which I have since learned is BAD); I was
> running everything
> through
> it. Then the card reader didn't work. No
> problem, I rarely
> use that
> feature anyways and I got a USB Multicard
> Reader/Writer. Then
> certain
> keys started not working (and things were
> progressively getting
> worse). No problem, I got a USB keyboard/mouse.
> Then when I
> was at
> the airport to go to FL I found the internet
> switch didn't work.
> Time
> to take it to a repair shop. Well, I can still
> use it for
> finances
> until I get it to a shop when I return from
> Surfside. Then
> the fan
> wasn't working. Then I got back from FL and
> took the computer
> to a
> repair shop.... SO I then took my Linux from
> Scratch computer
> and
> turned it into my central computer. This means
> I'll have to get
> another computer for Linux from Scratch and
> start all over with
> LFS. I
> told the lady at the repair shop about the fan,
> the dropping
> keys, and
> the internet switch (forgot about the reader).
> She got back
> to me
> yesterday and said that the fan was working
> just fine and
> that the
> keyboard needed to be replaced. I inquired
> about the internet
> switch
> and she said it was a part of the keyboard. I'm
> now thinking
> that the
> card reader is a part of the keyboard too but I
> don't know.
>
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