Re: [PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-08 Thread Erik Lane
Thank you, Rich. I'll have to take a look at them when I'm in town. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Erik Lane wrote: On that note, does anyone know where to get a drive for a decent (cheap) price? Erik,   I've had

[PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-07 Thread Rich Shepard
If I bring a linux live disk to the store, and they let me reboot a portable to test for compatibility, how can I tell if sound, video, wireless, Ethernet, etc. are supported? Do I open a terminal and scan dmesg or is there a better way? Rich ___

Re: [PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-07 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:12:41 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com dijo: If I bring a linux live disk to the store, and they let me reboot a portable to test for compatibility, how can I tell if sound, video, wireless, Ethernet, etc. are supported? Do I open a terminal and scan

Re: [PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: I'd use an Ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu is probably the most plug and play of the distros these days, so it is the most likely to autodetect and configure hardware. John, I'm taking the xubuntu-9.04 you burned at the last clinic. Sound:The

Re: [PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: I'd use an Ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu is probably the most plug and play of the distros these days, so it is the most likely to autodetect and configure hardware. At Best Buy they have their demo software configured so the machine cannot be booted

Re: [PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

2009-11-07 Thread David Kaplan
Give Mandriva 2010 a try, it's equal to Ubuntu and does a great job with KDE! On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote: On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:12:41 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com dijo: If I bring a linux live disk to the store, and