[TriLUG] Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

[Jason S. Evans]

   Mike,

   I recently picked up an HP ZE4200 with similar specs and I  
installed KUbunutu 6.10 and I am happy to say that it works very  
well.  I've tried three different wifi cards and the OS found them  
immediately with no driver fuss and the speed is pretty decent also.   
Especially if you install XFCE.  You can also download the Radeon  
drivers to have at least some 3D acceleration.

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Best Regards,
Jason Evans
http://geekspaces.net

Quoting mike shlitz <mshlitz at yahoo.com>:

> Hi All,
>
> I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario
> V2000 Laptop (V2606CU).  It came to me with MSW Home
> on it and I'd like to switch it over to FC, CentOS, or
> Ubuntu.  (Any suggestions or caveats welcome).
>
> CPU is a Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+  (787 MHz)
>
> Current RAM = 256 MB (I know...)  of which 32 MB is
> shared by the ATI Radeon Express 200M.  (system is
> capable of 2GB, and user can then set video RAM up to
> 128MB.)
>
> 40 GB HDD
> Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive
> RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
> Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN
> Conexant AC-Link Audio
> AC 97 Data/FAX Soft modem w Smart CP
>
> (Also has a 7+ GB FAT 32 partition loaded with HP's
> usual extras.)
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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