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 > 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@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, > > >> 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, > > >> 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. > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your > mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss