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Installing Sidux (Debian Sid) on Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad X61s

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2007

[ Thanks to linux-laptop for this
link. ]

“I chose Sidux as I wanted to have a nice current distro (also
because of the current hardware), but I wanted some more support
and testing done on it than just plain Debian Sid. Besides that,
Sidux is probably one of the quickest booting and running distro’s
available at the moment. Package management is easy and updates are
frequently available/

“To obtain Sidux, go to: http://sidux.com and download the
latest ISO of your choice. I chose conservatively, and went for a
32-bit large install with OpenOffice…”

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Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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