[ale] Trying to make the switch to Linux
Chris Coleman
chriscoleman at mail.clayton.edu
Wed Aug 13 14:11:43 EDT 2003
You
can find out the CPU information, on most Dell Laptops, by accessing the Setup
routine on boot up.
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Chris
Coleman
<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Michael Hartman
[mailto:sailhartman at comcast.net]Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003
1:55 PMTo: ale at ale.orgSubject: [ale] Trying to make the
switch to Linux
All,
I've got an older Dell Latitude laptop that has
NT 4.0 on it. I'm sick of the instability and memory errors. I
went out and bought SuSE Linux Personal 8.2 yesterday at Best Buy.Â
Before installing it I've got a couple of basic questions (This is primarily
my wife's computer now and she's pissed her email keeps getting messed
up):
---How do I ensure that my laptop is Pentium,
thus eligible for the software? I tried checking the properties tab and
it just says x86 Family ....., AT/ATCompatible .... At first I thought
this meant it was a 486...but upon checking my current laptop which is pentium
III, I discovered that they said nearly the same thing.
---The disks have openoffice.org on it too...I
will be able to use my older excel files still, right?
---Will I be able to hook my laptop into my
d-link wireless network at home still (di-713P with dwl-650
cards?)
---Will I be able to still print to my HP
OfficeJet 720?
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If this isn't the right place to post this, let
me know. Linux.com said I should reag out to my local groups
pre-installing.
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Thanks for your help!
Michael
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