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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 09-03-2011, 02:38 AM   #16
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... Mind you, these computers are not all very new, some are now years old and also those laptops just work...
Older computers are not the problem with Linux. The problems often occur with relatively new wireless-nics and graphics-adapters.

With an old computer you should keep in mind that you can't run recent versions of KDE or Gnome.

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Old 09-03-2011, 03:14 AM   #17
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See my most recent blog post. Kind of relevant.
 
  


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