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On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:40:25AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
&gt; Sigmascape1 at cs.com wrote:
&gt; &gt;Hello!
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;Just a quick question. What Linux distribution would you guys suggest
&gt; &gt;if I wanted to replace WinXP Home on my Sony Vaio laptop? My laptop
&gt; &gt;is about 1.5 years old, 1 GHz Athlon, 20 Gig drive.
&gt; 
&gt; I've got a Sony Vaio running both Red Hat 7.3 and SuSE 9.0.  I purchased 
&gt; it from <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.emperorlinux.com/";>http://www.emperorlinux.com/</a>
&gt; 
&gt; Yours is a bit earlier model, thus I can't really comment on how well it 
&gt; would work.  I have self installed Linux on various laptops and for the 
&gt; most part been very successful.  Minor issues like an internal winmodem 
&gt; and such.
&gt; 
&gt; Certainly check out the linux on laptops website pertaining to Sony devices:
&gt; 
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/sony.html";>http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/sony.html</a>
&gt; 
&gt; &gt;Also, are there
&gt; &gt;sites that can tell me how to replace WinXP effectively? It is a
&gt; &gt;newbie-type question, but I have little experience in replacing
&gt; &gt;WinXP. I have found that replaces Win98 to be very easy, but never
&gt; &gt;have dealt with removing XP.
&gt; 
&gt; Simply going through the Linux install will handle that for you.  My 
&gt; favorite question from the SuSE install:
&gt; 
&gt; Remove existing windows?
&gt; 
&gt; It's as simple as that.  I generally send my condolences to Bill Gates 
&gt; at the death of another of his own...
&gt; 
&gt; -- 
&gt; Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
&gt; Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft
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