[PLUG] Testing Linux on Portables

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> I'd use an Ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu is probably the most plug and play of
> the distros these days, so it is the most likely to autodetect and
> configure hardware.

John,

   I'm taking the xubuntu-9.04 you burned at the last clinic.

> Sound:	The Ubuntu live CD has that drumroll when it starts. If
> you hear it, then sound is working.

   That's right ... I remember hearing that.

> Of course, before getting out my plastic I would also Google my tail off
> on the specific model to see if there are any Linux gotchas.

   Well, I can't afford to lose my tail, but I have looked for linux and
those model numbers without finding anything.

Thanks,

Rich