[GLLUG] got my laptop today!

Julie Code jewels9321 at hotmail.com
Wed May 23 19:55:32 EDT 2007 

Hi Guys,
         So far Caleb has helped me with the security stuff, installing 
anti-spyware stuff on it, and also anti-virus stuff and a firewall.  Has 
anyone heard of the L0-jack thing where you install it on your computer and 
then if your computer gets stolen they can track it? I got that software in 
the mail today.  I ended up downloading also the iso for Feisty Fawn 
Kubuntu.  I was hoping to maybe get Linux on it today but I don't think it 
is going to happen since Caleb is tired and I am getting home late tonite. 
I'll bring it on thursday, and if anyone wants to help me, please do so.  
Thanks!

Julie


>From: "Benjamin Cathey" <benjamincathey at catheycompany.com>
>To: "Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz at gmail.com>, "linux users" 
><linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [GLLUG] got my laptop today!
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:22:50 -0400
>
> >->> As for the installation itself, try the Ubuntu desktop CD first.  The 
>part
> >->> of a dual boot installation  that always makes me the most nervous is
> >->> actually creating free space for your new partitions.  I'm not sure 
>if
> >->> Feisty's installer does this yet for NTFS partitions.  In the past, 
>I've
> >->> always been hesitant to trust in beta NTFS support for this 
>operation, and
> >->> have created the free space with Partition Magic under windows.
>
>Not sure - although I just installed Feisty on a windows machine - I used 
>gparted to resize NTFS.  I have done this MANY times and it all works fine. 
>  I even create a Fat32 Partition with a mount point /shared that I put all 
>my mp3s, etc on so both OS's can use it.
>
>Regards,
>
>Benjamin Cathey
>System Administrator
>Cathey Company
>4917 Tranter St.
>Lansing, MI 48910 USA
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Al Puzzuoli
>[mailto:alpuzz at gmail.com]
>To: linux users
>[mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu]
>Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:43:16
>-0400
>Subject: Re: [GLLUG] got my laptop today!
>
>
> >->> Hi Julie and all,
> >->>
> >->> I guess jumping into the middle of a thread is a bit of an odd way to
> >->> introduce myself to the group, but I'm new to the area, new to this 
>list,
> >->> and finally got a question that I actually know something about 
>(grin).
> >->>
> >->> I second the motion of going with Ubuntu, and for a new laptop, I 
>would make
> >->>
> >->> sure that you're using the latest version, Feisty Fawn-- I'll never 
>know how
> >->>
> >->> they come up with their names.
> >->>
> >->> Do you prefer KDE over the Gnome desktop?  If you install Ubuntu 
>rather than
> >->>
> >->> Kubuntu, you'll be getting Gnome by default, and no KDE.
> >->>
> >->> Does your laptop come with Windows preinstalled?  If so, do you have 
>a
> >->> recovery disk or any other means to restore it to factory defaults 
>just in
> >->> case?  if the answer is no, then you may want to consider burning 
>yourself a
> >->>
> >->> copy of the SystemRescueCD available here:
> >->> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
> >->>
> >->> This CD contains among other things, a utility called partimage which 
>is
> >->> similar in function to Ghost under Windows.  NTFS support in 
>Partimage is
> >->> still in beta; However, you can try using it to back up your windows
> >->> partition.  the procedure will either finish successfully, or report 
>that
> >->> the utility is unable to complete the process.  in either case, none 
>of your
> >->>
> >->> data will be compromised; So worst case scenario is that you lose a 
>few
> >->> minutes of your time. Best case scenario, you have a valid image to 
>restore
> >->> if things go wrong.
> >->>
> >->> As for the installation itself, try the Ubuntu desktop CD first.  The 
>part
> >->> of a dual boot installation  that always makes me the most nervous is
> >->> actually creating free space for your new partitions.  I'm not sure 
>if
> >->> Feisty's installer does this yet for NTFS partitions.  In the past, 
>I've
> >->> always been hesitant to trust in beta NTFS support for this 
>operation, and
> >->> have created the free space with Partition Magic under windows.
> >->>
> >->> Once you have your free space, the rest of the install is a piece of 
>cake.
> >->> just answer a few simple questions about your region, your user name 
>and
> >->> your keyboard, and then when the partitioner comes up, tell it to use 
>the
> >->> largest continuous free space.
> >->>
> >->> That should do it.
> >->>
> >->> Good luck!
> >->>
> >->> --Al
> >->>
> >->>
> >->> PS.  Just curious, what kind of laptop is it?
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>
> >->> ----- Original Message -----
> >->> From: "Julie Code" <jewels9321 at hotmail.com>
> >->> To: <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
> >->> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:14 PM
> >->> Subject: [GLLUG] got my laptop today!
> >->>
> >->>
> >->> > Hi Guys,
> >->> >       I ended up getting my laptop from DHL today!!! I expected it 
>to be
> >->> > here on thursday and acutally was here more than a week earlier 
>than they
> >->> > originally said. I was wondering if someone could help me install a 
>linux
> >->> > distro on there this thursday?  I am planning on dual booting XP 
>and some
> >->> > linux distro.  Could anyone tell me a good distro, I like Kubuntu 
>but it
> >->> > seems to crash a little more than the others, so I think I would 
>like
> >->> > something like Kubuntu with the apt get install.  I know there is 
>some
> >->> > things you have to do to dual boot like partitioning and so forth, 
>so if
> >->> > anyone has the tools or maybe when I get home tonight Caleb could 
>help me.
> >->> >
> >->> > Julie
> >->> >
> >->> >
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