| When Linux Met Laptop: Irreconcilable Differences |
May 20, 2002
Rob Pegoraro relates his experience installing various Linux distributions on several types of laptops in this article for the Wall Street Journal. Pegoraro experiences easy, fast installs with Linux -- but discovers a few 'gotchas' along the way . . .
" . . . If you have compliant hardware, patience and a willingness to learn, this open-source operating system can be a delight to tinker with and a powerful, reliable tool to put to work. But if you'd just like to use your computer, Linux can have you pounding your head into the wall in frustration . . . "
" . . . The process of installing these distributions varied between simple and excruciating, depending mostly on whether I wanted to keep Windows on any of the three test computers . . . "
" . . . The web abounds with how-to help from other Linux users (for instance, www.linux-on-laptops.com) . . . "
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[Editor's note: It's a pity the author didn't try installing Red Hat. In our experience, Red Hat works quite well on the Sony VAIO line of notebooks.]
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