Probably not, but it would be worth doing a little research to see if
there is anything that doesn't work out of the box.
The most I haven't been able to get to work out of the box so far has
been some of the specialized hot keys, but I don't use them anyway, and
I was able to tweak a config to make them work and then on more recent
versions they have worked out of the box.
Brian
Brian
On 10/10/2014 11:45 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting Linux on it?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops die ever. I
just don't invest anything extra in them after a couple of years.
It just makes more sense to save your money and get another better
one than it does to pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well
past it's prime.
Brian
On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
My mileage has been much better
On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:
I always figure that a laptop is good for about 2 years.
Anything you
get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly wouldn't
put much
money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2 year mark.
That being said, I usually get more than 2 years out of my
laptops,
but I baby them, so they have really easy lives, but I still
wouldn't
put much into any of them except the one that is under 2
years old.
Brian
On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM,
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.__com
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
How old is the laptop and what brand?
On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM,
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.__com
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
My question is what is the computer used
for? Are you
using it
for your Linux from scratch project?
Well.... what happened is I was using my laptop
as my main
computer
(which I have since learned is BAD); I was
running everything
through
it. Then the card reader didn't work. No
problem, I rarely
use that
feature anyways and I got a USB Multicard
Reader/Writer. Then
certain
keys started not working (and things were
progressively getting
worse). No problem, I got a USB keyboard/mouse.
Then when I
was at
the airport to go to FL I found the internet
switch didn't work.
Time
to take it to a repair shop. Well, I can still
use it for
finances
until I get it to a shop when I return from
Surfside. Then
the fan
wasn't working. Then I got back from FL and
took the computer
to a
repair shop.... SO I then took my Linux from
Scratch computer
and
turned it into my central computer. This means
I'll have to get
another computer for Linux from Scratch and
start all over with
LFS. I
told the lady at the repair shop about the fan,
the dropping
keys, and
the internet switch (forgot about the reader).
She got back
to me
yesterday and said that the fan was working
just fine and
that the
keyboard needed to be replaced. I inquired
about the internet
switch
and she said it was a part of the keyboard. I'm
now thinking
that the
card reader is a part of the keyboard too but I
don't know.
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