| Reincarnating a discarded laptop with Linux |
Aug. 02, 2006
Do you have an old laptop sitting in a closet somewhere, taking up room and gathering dust? You might be able to get some surprisingly good service out of the old clunker -- if you know how to revive it by installing an appropriate Linux distro.
In a new article here at DesktopLinux.com, Howard Fosdick explains how to do just that. Fosdick rescued a discarded laptop right out of a trash bin, and now it's serving as a no-cost backup for his primary office laptop.
"'Laptop revival' stories usually describe detailed procedures for installing Linux and device drivers on a specific make of laptop," Fosdick writes. "This article is more general. How do you go about making an old laptop useful? What steps are involved? Which Linux distributions will work? We'll even discuss how Windows and dual-booting fit into the picture."
Fosdick organizes his article this way:- Define your objectives
- Identify what you've got
- Hardware
- Linux
- Windows
- Try, before you "buy"
- Running multiple OSes
- Gather information and drivers
- Time to install
Fosdick also includes handy and informative charts that help you determine CPU and minimum requirements for numerous Linux distros and Windows versions, and more.
Yes! You too can get a no-cost backup laptop up and running in a short time. To read this valuable article, go here:
Reincarnating a discarded laptop with Linux
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