Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Anyone?

["Stewart B. Lone" <592653589793238@snip.net>]

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 11:57:19PM -0400, Stratos Parisiou wrote:
>
> > I would have to say the distributions that are more intuitive to the
> > ex-windows users (Red Hat, Mandrake).  The beauty of Linux allows the
> > personalized GUI (preferably KDE or other stable GUI) while still
> > maintaining the Shell for the advanced users.
>
>
> Didn't read the rest of this email and I don't have to.
>
> Stratos is obviously right: anyone who cared enough to install their
> own window manager and so forth wouldn't be having you install the
> OS for them either.
>
> Oh, and an off-the-wall thought: get the Windows-installed laptops.
> Ship them that way. Include a Knoppix CD-ROM and a set of "install
> Linux directions" free of charge. Charge a moderate fee for doing
> the install two weeks later when the end-user likes it better but
> is afraid to nuke and pave for themselves. Bonus points for having
> set things up so that you can gracefully resize the partition and
> keep any files they've created.
>
> (No, I don't actually think this would work, but it'd be fun if it
> did!)
Just a further thought, after having noticed the interest in this 
thread. Even though I`m having trouble deciding ("lusting") on a laptop, 
 I believe that I wil try and control myself, and wait for the new 64 
bit chips and OSS`s to come out. Perhaps be strong enough to let a few 
iterations to pass before I purchase. As an aside I`v been a first 
adopter more than once, and ivariably wished I`d waited.

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