Re: how is Inspiron 5160 with Linux?
don_pettengill_at_spamgilent.com
Date: 09/25/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:09:24 +0000 (UTC)
H. S. <g_reate_xcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote:
: don_pettengill@spamgilent.com wrote:
:> Go to the store with a Knoppix disk and ask to boot it :-)
: I tried looking at Futureshop here in Montreal but they didn't have Dell
: there.
Bummer. I wonder if a vendor would turn on a box and boot it if you
sent the Knoppix disk ???
: I did. Unfortunately, the 5160 is not listed there. The 5150, I assume
: 5160's ppredecessor, is listed though.
Tough decision. Good luck .... If you do risk it, there's always
Mozilla/OpenOffice for Windows if you can't get the Linux side up :-)
Also cygwin is nice ...
Don Pettengill
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