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LinuxLookup.com: Dell Inspiron 4000 C600GT Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2000

[ Thanks to Jonny5 for this link.
]

Recently, I was given the chance to get my hands on a brand
new Dell Inspiron 4000. Can you guess what the first thing I did
was? If you guessed, “Format that filthy Windows partition and
install Linux on that baby!” then you are dead right.
The
contents of this review is a detailed synopsis of my experience
with Linux on the Dell Inspiron 4000 C600GT laptop, how compatible
it was as a whole, as well as my general thoughts on it….”

“My first attempt at an installation was with my current desktop
distribution of RedHat 6.2. Since I already had the 6.2 CD lying
around I used it as my first OS attempt.”

“I first swapped the CDROM into the drive bay, I then hopped
into the bios and made sure the CDROM was set to boot (it wasn’t
set by default). I then put the RH 6.2 CD into the drive and off I
went. The install process begins and as usual, and I expect to see
that nice Anaconda GUI install interface. Low and behold, I receive
an Xserver error and I get stuck in the old text-based install.
This was no problem; I’ve tackled RH installs back as far as 5.0 so
this is no sweat. I continue on.”

Complete
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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