Linked by Will Gunadi on Tue 5th Apr 2005 14:11 UTC
Today, there is no shortage of reviews on Linux on the Desktop, but I think we can benefit from more "Laptopized-Linux" experiences. As laptops keep dropping in price and increasing in terms of computing power, they really make a nice platform even for cpu intensive applications such as sofware development, desktop publishing, web design, etc. And as you will see in this article, installing Linux on a laptop is not as hairy as you may think.
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Just yesterday I was working on a fairly new laptop that I thought had a hardware problem. So I grab my Damn Small Linux business card CD I had in my wallet, thinking it was worth a shot. The Knoppix-based hardware detection on it is wonderful... detected everything, even (thankfully) the integrated ethernet. And yes, this laptop had os-independent brightness, cd eject buttons.
Just yesterday I was working on a fairly new laptop that I thought had a hardware problem. So I grab my Damn Small Linux business card CD I had in my wallet, thinking it was worth a shot. The Knoppix-based hardware detection on it is wonderful... detected everything, even (thankfully) the integrated ethernet. And yes, this laptop had os-independent brightness, cd eject buttons.