<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59881"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885">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.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60003" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60004" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885">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?<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60183" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60276" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885">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.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60329" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60328" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59885">Paul</span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59879" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59878" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59877" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_59880" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60005" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Zander <paulz@ieee.org>; Conspire List <conspire@linuxmafia.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 2, 2015 9:12 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] test drive of new laptop<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60006" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6540743799"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60008"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60007" dir="ltr">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60167" class="yiv6540743799gmail_quote">On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 11:26 PM Paul Zander <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org">paulz@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60166" class="yiv6540743799gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv6540743799yqt9638180606" id="yiv6540743799yqt55391"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60165"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60164" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430577263484_60163" dir="ltr">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".</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">What would be a good candidate for the live CD? Ubuntu, Jessie?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">What particular things should I try?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Paul<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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