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On Wednesday 26 January 2005 8:45 pm, Julian Hall wrote:
I bought the HP Compaq 3307EA from PC World ( Mandrake 10.0 installed sweet as a nut (dual-boot for the moment with Windows XP ).
Could you write this up on the website? Go to the members area, click on Review: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/members/#review Start a Mandrake review. Your review should then show up on the News and Reviews page. (Note that reviews created elsewhere on the Wiki are not assured of such a listing.)
I know others on the list will have their own favourite distros, as is their right :)
A majority would agree that Mandrake is a good recommendation for a new user.
However for a newbie such as your brother I think MDK10 would be the fastest and easiest conversion to Linux. After he is converted you can slip Debian on while he's not looking *g*
Debian on a laptop can be a bit of a challenge - you should get a full set of configs stored, maybe on a USB stick or on the network somewhere. Whichever you choose, print out the instructions / settings for getting that device working first!
I don't have any PCMCIA cards myself to test that functionality, but the rest including USB (which played silly sods in XP) worked first time.
Depends on what the card is doing, I've found adapter cards like CF work fine, cards for networking can be more troublesome and are prone to breakage.
I would say steer clear of Sony. Overpriced junk. Their so-called "technical support" are totally useless
Most laptop support staff are lacking in knowledge of Linux.
, and were borderline - no they *were* - insulting when I emailed them with a problem I had.
Not surprising, you aren't supposed to wipe Windows from their system - they won't support you afterwards.
Oh and a friend of mine spends most days reinstalling - or more accurately fixing - Packard Bell PCs other people bought at Christmas, all from PC World. Maybe a bad batch, but..... I'd steer clear of that brand too :) Anyway, I'm sure there are other opinions :)
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