[conspire] test drive of new laptop

[Paul Zander]

I did a little web-searching and found that all it takes to make a live USB from a ISO file is 

    dd bs=4M if=/path/to/<file_name>.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync  

So I will easily be able to test the new laptop.  If it passes, I will do the install to internal drive.  If not, I have the receipt in a safe place.
As others have indicated, Ubuntu probably has the drivers (if they exist).   If I install Debian, I have to do some thinking about the purity of FOSS vs. non-free.   At least the Linux world gives each of us choices.
Paul

      From: Dana Goyette <danagoyette at gmail.com>
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Cc: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com> 
 Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 3:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [conspire] test drive of new laptop
   
Ubuntu has a LiveUSB creator that can create the persistence file, and
you can still use the flash drive as a FAT32 flash drive.  If you need
to use Windows to create the LiveUSB disk, this program can do it:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Paul Zander <pazander at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Thanks for suggestion of USB.  Having looked up the process, it should be
> easier to copy to the ISO to USB than to make sure I get the right settings
> on the CD burn procedure.  I've wasted more then one disk by burning the
> .ISO as a file.
>
> I'm thinking I would start by making a Ubuntu Live USB and then use it to
> play some assortment of online videos.  This should (hopefully) verify some
> degree functionality of the graphics drivers.  Anything else I should test
> while I can still have time to return the machine?
>
> Later when I actually install Debian, I can focus on getting the correct
> packages (possibly non-free, etc.) with minimal risk caused by
> non-compatible hardware for which no driver exists.
>
> Paul
>
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> From: Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com>
> To: Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org>; Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [conspire] test drive of new laptop
>
> i would recommend running of USB, if that's an option. on top of not using a
> media (eco) you can (at least with Ubuntu) have persistence, so if you
> reboot it will not be reset to begin mode. all distros probably have tools
> (or tutorials) on doing that. and on that - MultiSystem is a nice utility to
> create multi-boot USBs, where you can choose at boot time what to use. it
> also supports Windows, if that a need.
>
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 11:26 PM Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> I just bought a new laptop. I want to install Debian. Knowing that laptops
> can have components that are not compatible with Linux I thought it would be
> a good idea to first run from a live CD and put the graphics, etc through
> "test drive".
>
> What would be a good candidate for the live CD?  Ubuntu, Jessie?
>
> What particular things should I try?
>
> Paul
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