cheers all... and to you clair!
will visit your blogs soonest! i've browsed pinoytechblog some time ago... sige!
On 11/25/05, Clair Ching <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/25/05, Zimmbodilion Mosende < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all, i just joined the email list yesterday.
>
Hi! =) Welcome to the PLUG mailing list.
> some of the fil-it members shared the link to linux.org.ph. (ty to them!)
>
> i have some requests... since I am interested in using Linux and I have
> only a tiny idea about what I am entering into.
> 1. any pinoy write-up up about pros and cons of using a linux?... well
> philippine experience particularly a home-based non-technical user. in
> short, i'd like to know more about why use linux?
I have been blogging about my using Linux: installation, problems,
etc. And I am not really technical =D You could check out my blogs
on http://clair.free.net.ph and search for my posts on Linux. (I also
have some Linux related posts on
http://clair.pinoyweb.net/index.php?s=linux)
> 2. any write-up or pointers about installing linux in my laptop? hmm...
> this might be similar to a step-by-step guide to using linux for idiots!
>
I have been using a laptop as well and installing some distros like
Mandrake/Mandriva and Ubuntu have been easy. I just had to make sure
that it would boot from CD so that when the install CD is there, it
would just run. You could select stuff from there.
(Mandrake/Mandriva's interface is really easy to understand and use.
Ubuntu's as well.)
> a little background.
> i have a branded laptop, it comes with a licenced xp and office. (great!)
> but the rest of my softwares come from that P80-a piece cd installers from
> greenhills! (great too!)
> but linux and some other freewares are said to be available online so why
> not try it. kaso lang, i do not know where to begin.
>
You could try checking out on the Internet for your laptop and the
Linux distributions that have been tested there. I recall that suspend
was problematic on my ThinkPad when using Debian but when using
Ubuntu, it could be put on suspend.
> thanks peeps!
> here's one pinoy linux-convert!
>
Kewlness =D
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