Re: Replacing Vista (I hope!) G'day Mark, -You might give PC/OS OpenDesktop 2009 a try -*everything* worked on the T61 [which was preloaded with nausea-inducing vista] cheers, dar
> --- In [email protected], > "m_alexander61" > <m_alexande...@...> wrote: > > > > Having purchased a new PC with Vista (not by choice, > but there was no > > option), I am eager to free up all that memory. My > first plan was to > > replace with a new "upgrade" of XP, but XP > doesn't recognize my > > harddrive. I have hard- and software that run great > on XP, and I would > > love to set up a dual-boot, so... > > 1) Recommendations for installing XP? I know it can > be done, but > > everyone has a different opinion, and it'll be a > one-way ticket. Yes, > > this version of XP will also install without another > version of Windows > > on the drive (in theory). > > 2) I've tried about 10 different distros but I > would appreciate any > > suggestions for one which is non-corporate (Suse, Red > Hat, etc.), Gnome- > > friendly, good for recognizing hardware, and easy for > a newb to > > update. I have Debian on my other laptop and find it > a bit too > > complicated at this point. I assume that I will also > need to find > > codecs for my system, and any info here would be > great. > > My (future Linux-only) laptop is a Dell Vostro 1510, > in case anyone > > has dealt with that particular machine. > > Thanks much, > > Mark ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
