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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Eldon Ziegler <eldonz@atlanticdb.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Ben W <bigmojo74@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> calug@unknownlamer.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, December 3, 2009 6:24:03 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [CALUG] Linux Laptops<BR></FONT><BR>I've installed Ubuntu on my son's new Dell and Fedora on a couple of<BR>Toshiba laptops without problems. The main complication was that Adobe<BR>apps, like Flash, had to be installed separately. Nothing new about that<BR>though.<BR><BR>On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 20:42 -0800, Ben W wrote:<BR>> I'm looking to get a laptop setup running Linux without spending $500+<BR>> (netbooks aren't my thing.) Does anyone know any reliable places to<BR>> check laptop compatability with Linux? I'll probably pick up an
older<BR>> full sized model and honestly my experience with Linux on laptops in<BR>> the past has been less than productive what with lack of drivers in<BR>> some cases. I'm looking to start a hardened build for Defcon 18 and<BR>> walking with my current laptop running 7 is out of the question :-). <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> CALUG mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" ymailto="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</A><BR>> http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>CALUG mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" ymailto="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug" target=_blank>http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug</A><BR></DIV></DIV><!-- cg7.c1.mail.mud.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Wed Dec 2 06:27:32 PST
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