On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 21:33, eric z <mrsilverman_
> Thank you for your help in advance I would like to have a laptop running Ubuntu or Linux Mint.But i am unsure if i need a special
> version or can use the bootdisk i already have.I understand the hardware an all it is just wanted to know what will work best an easiest
> for this.Or if an oem would do for a laptop an just laod it then.
Most laptops these days run linux just fine. The catch is that
sometimes you may have issues with the video cards (nVidia especially)
and network cards (Broadcom B43 based wireless).
I've run various flavors of Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL, SuSE and other
distros over the years to varying degrees of success.
Today's systems work very well.
You don't need a "special" boot disk, but you do need a disk to
install the distro you choose... or a USB key. Most of them now allow
for installing from USB key by using special tools like usb-creator or
unetbootin to take an iso image (cd image) and putting it onto a usb
key.
Then you just boot, install, and enjoy ... mostly.
For what it's worth, I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 on an Alienware M15x and
the only gripe I have is that occasionally the nVidia drivers will go
nuts while I'm running Virtualbox. I'm gonna play wiht KVM and see if
I can eliminate that problem by using a different virtualization tool.
I also run CrunchBang and Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Lenovo S10, and
run Ubuntu 10.04 on my beat up Compaq ZE2000. I have a Toshiba A75
laptop that runs Fedora 11 rather nicely...
What would be better help though, is if you told us what laptops you
are interested in, and THEN see if they are compatible.
Cheers
Jeff
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