On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Randy Stapilus <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a new (nearly new in this case) laptop on which I > would dual boot Windows (probably not often) and Linux, probably either > Ubuntu or Mint. > I would suggest against Mint.... Not because of the politics their found brings in that I personally dislike but instead because by default they disable Kernel Security Updates and also do not announce CVE's to their users. > > A friend has a machine up for sale which looks like a good deal and I think > might work for me. It's an HP Pavillion dv7 (descriptive > page< > http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/B2P31UA?HP-Pavilion-dv7-7012nr-Entertainment-Notebook-PC > >). > > > The specs suggest to me this seems like a reasonable machine for what I > want. Question - anyone know of a problem area here, a reason dual-booting > wouldn't work smoothly enough with this particular laptop? > > Randy Stapilus > www.ridenbaugh.com > Northwest politics and public affairs > WA, OR, ID Weekly Briefings > 503-852-0010 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- *Benjamin Kerensa* *http://benjaminkerensa.com* *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
