It has been suggested that I go to opensuse. I don't want to, Labview
works with CentOS 7 and there would be a learning curve to go from
Redhat style Linux to Suse style Linux. What is the video card in this
laptop, is it removeable, and is there a laptop form factor alternative
that can replace it which Linux supports out of the box?
Looks like fglrx is the proprietary driver for the stock video card,
but it requires 32 bit libc where I don't know how that will affect
things considering this is a 64 bit laptop. How do I even get fglrx
installed? Do I need to boot in rescue mode?
Also, I'm planning on using VirtualBox to run Windows 7 on top of
CentOS. Do I have enough CPU power to do this? I have a dual core
Athlon II and 8 gigs of ram installed.
My intention is to set this laptop up for work and donate it to ,y
employer. If Labview for CentOS 7 is chosen, I may not even need to
run Windows 7.
I ran Redhat Linux on this laptop in the past, but that was so long
ago.
-- Michael C. Robinson
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