[Gllug] IBM Thinkpads and Linux

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Wed, July 12, 2006 12:57 pm, Richard Cosgrove wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was directed here by someone at the Open Tech Support website. If
> this is the wrong mailing list, sorry.
>
> I'm looking at buying an IBM Thinkpad laptop - either a 600E or 600X
> model - in the next few days.
>
> As I'll be using this for word processing and accessing the internet
> at hot-spots, and being tired of I'm tired of Windows and having
> little spare money, I'm considering installing a Linux distribution on
> it rather than getting hold of a new copy of Windows.
>
> It'll be running OpenOffice, Firefox, a USB stick, and a wireless
> internet.
>
> As I have zero experience with using Linux, let alone installing it
> (I'm OK with XP and Mac OS X) I was wondering if someone here could
> give me some plain English advice in going about this.
>
> Any tips on which distribution (preferably a very friendly one), where
> to get drivers, hassles will be welcome.
>
You could try running a live CD - I've done this with Ubuntu and a TP. If
there's enough RAM knocking about it works well - you'd be able to see how
it plays out without having to install first

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