[opensuse] Acer Extensa 4420-5963
I picked up one of these yesterday at a very good price. Does anyone have experience with these or similar? I plan to put Suse on it after I play with Vista a bit. I have no previous experience with laptops since one 15 years ago that ran Win 3.1. Would booting a live DVD tell me where I might have problems, need drivers, etc? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 12 October 2008 07:40:06 am Bob Rea wrote:
I picked up one of these yesterday at a very good price. Does anyone have experience with these or similar? I plan to put Suse on it after I play with Vista a bit. I have no previous experience with laptops since one 15 years ago that ran Win 3.1.
Would booting a live DVD tell me where I might have
Live CD, the DVD is history.
problems, need drivers, etc?
Live CD is not identical to installation DVD, but it is close enough to be used as a test. I haven't found any complains that DVD fails where Live CD works. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Bob Rea <gapetard@stsams.org> [10-12-08 08:46]:
I picked up one of these yesterday at a very good price. Does anyone have experience with these or similar? I plan to put Suse on it after I play with Vista a bit. I have no previous experience with laptops since one 15 years ago that ran Win 3.1.
Would booting a live DVD tell me where I might have problems, need drivers, etc?
Certainly. It will give you a *good* idea. Whenever I look at ready-mades, I always test them with a "live" cd/dvd/sub of whatever is current and/or beta. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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