Mint is very easy to install.
On 2014-10-10 13:45, 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@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@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@phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists@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@phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists@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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