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OSNews: Linux on a Laptop: A Tinkerer’s Journal

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 7, 2005

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Today, there is no shortage of reviews on Linux on the Desktop,
but I think we can benefit from more ‘Laptopized-Linux’
experiences. As laptops keep dropping in price and increasing in
terms of computing power, they really make a nice platform even for
cpu intensive applications such as sofware development, desktop
publishing, web design, etc. And as you will see in this article,
installing Linux on a laptop is not as hairy as you may think.

“I recently had the opportunity to setup a new Linux-running
laptop after the demise of my trusty Sony Vaio…”

Complete
Story

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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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