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<DIV>Hi David, </DIV>
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<DIV>I managed to install Red Hat 9 on my Laptop-IBM R40 a few years ago, used
Partition Magic to partition the Hard Drive- was also running XP on a dual boot
setup. It worked ok but when I accidentally erased the master boot file to
setup grub I ran into a few problems. </DIV>
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<DIV>Main issue with the R40 is the HD is only 20GB. Red Hat 9 takes up to
at least 5 GB installation alone- doesn't leave much for a space hungry
XP. As a result I had to dump Red Hat due to space issues and
compatibility. You really need to be working in a Linux environment to
survive as an individual Linux user-otherwise Office org and additional software
is ineffective (from a curriculum viewpoint). </DIV>
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<DIV>With a 40GB or 60GB HD this should not be as much of an issue unless
video editing is required. Main problem with Linux is video editing
software- couldn't find any at the time although this may have since changed- if
someone could inform me of this I would like to know. </DIV>
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<DIV>Zach Alexakos</DIV>
<DIV>Nth Geelong SC</DIV>
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<DIV>""David Dawson"" <<A
href="mailto:ddawson@mgs.vic.edu.au">ddawson@mgs.vic.edu.au</A>> wrote in
message <A
href="news:mailpost.1052275238.13232@linux.fhc.vic.edu.au">news:mailpost.1052275238.13232@linux.fhc.vic.edu.au</A>...</DIV>>
Hi<BR>> I have been wondering if anyone else has had issues with laptops and
Linux<BR>> (RedHat) - my Acer 220 Travelmate has it but it needed KDE to run
inside<BR>> XFree86 - *very* tricky.<BR>> Yet a Toshiba 1730
<?> took it easily.<BR>> The main issue appears to be screens and
onboard video - and win modems<BR>> never work without windoze.<BR>> Any
other laptop experiences?<BR>> This is of interest since some laptop schools
are considering Linux in the<BR>> future.<BR>> Are there any Linux labs
out there - and how are they going?<BR>> David Dawson<BR>> <BR>> -----
Original Message -----<BR>> From: "Keith Richardson" <<A
href="mailto:keithcr@hotmail.com">keithcr@hotmail.com</A>><BR>> To: " IT
Teachers' Off Topic Mailing List" <<A
href="mailto:offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au">offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au</A>><BR>>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:19 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: Welcome to all who
like to share<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Rod - u r absolutely spot on!
thanx.<BR>> Keith<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Keith
Richardson.<BR>> Head of Computing,<BR>> Leibler-Yavneh College,<BR>>
(PO Box 164, Caulfield South. 3162)<BR>> phone:03.9528.4911 fax:
9523.0036<BR>> <BR>> <A
href="mailto:webmaster@yavneh.vic.edu.au">webmaster@yavneh.vic.edu.au</A><BR>>
<BR>> "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it,
but<BR>> what they become by it." John Ruskin.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----Original Message Follows----<BR>>
From: Rod and Lisa Kendall <<A
href="mailto:travelrocket@yahoo.com">travelrocket@yahoo.com</A>><BR>>
Reply-To: " IT Teachers' Off Topic Mailing List" <<A
href="mailto:offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au">offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au</A>><BR>>
To: " IT Teachers' Off Topic Mailing List" <<A
href="mailto:offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au">offtopic@fhc.vic.edu.au</A>><BR>>
Subject: Welcome to all who like to share<BR>> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003
22:33:34 +1100<BR>> <BR>> Dear List<BR>> <BR>> I am surprised at the
anal retentive attitudes of some of our colleagues.<BR>> This list is the
most helpful and useful tools in the Victorian Education<BR>> System. I do
not know of any other subject area that is so well networked<BR>> with its
colleagues. To not share experiences with as many people as<BR>> possible and
seek advice from as many people as possible is insane.<BR>> <BR>> The
funny thing is we all know that even the "enemies of free speech" on the<BR>>
IPM list will subscribe to this list.<BR>> <BR>> Can't believe that we
have had to resort to this......democracy is a figment<BR>> of the
imagination!<BR>> <BR>> Look forward to sharing any topic with you
all!<BR>> <BR>> Rod<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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