Hi all,
I’m using acer laptop [acer aspire 5130 + Fedora 7 ]
i want to know does any(airtel,bsnl,tata)
data card supports linux OS?
Which is simple and best one to use?

How can I remove the linux os from my laptop’s hard drive?

I am thinking of dual-booting windows 7 32-bit and a linux distribution on my laptop.I need a distribution which will be as small as possible(I don’t care what applications it will have) and fast.Also,bear in mind that I am not an experienced linux user.

I have Linux Mandriva dual booting with Windows Vista on my laptop and I want to uninstall Mandriva so I can install Ubuntu. I’ve read similar questions to this and a lot of them said I need a boot CD. Well I only have system recovery discs that came with my computer. I also saw that I could use the Win98 boot Floppy disc. Well my laptop doesn’t have a floppy disc drive – is there anywhere I can get it on CD? Where do I get that? It would also help if you could mention the steps to uninstall it like the commands to type, etc. Thank you so much if you answer.

I found one i thought was cool called MiniMe 2008 and I got the .iso file and burned it to a disk. Then I popped it in and it didn’t work.

So that shows that that wont work….

So I figure that it’s because this laptop isn’t exactly brand new but it isn’t so old at all.

How do install this OS or how do i get another one to work?

By the way, free please…

This question has been on my mind all summer long. As I prepare for class in the fall I have been searching the interw3bs for a new laptop. This reason for wanting one is I have been using a eMac running Fedora 8-12 and I love it, but I think it is time to move on to something more portable. My three biggest concerns with buying a new notebook are in this order

Functionality (Programs "just work". and Program compatibility)(GPU, CPU,ect.)
Battery Life (7 hours or better —–> would be nice if i can get that performance on GNU?Linux)
Aesthetics (Oooooooo Shiny)

I am going to college to become an engineer. I don’t know which field of engineering but I know I want to build a better future for my home town and small villages in the 3rd world. The software I use now is all open source but don’t know if I can get away with using it in a college environment where AutoDesk and Adobe are king.

Thoughts

Thank You in advanced.
To KJ

I don’t mind Apple’s closed system when it comes to iTunes and all that I have ways around that. But, they are showing great interest in F/OSS. Even if I run Windows ( another closed system) i still have to pay for the software. Might as well go closed source with open source benefits.

I have been using Ubuntu for awhile on my laptop, but I’m a linguist and I need to use multiple keyboard layouts; however, Ubuntu only allows you to assign four different layouts at one time. I am really fond of Linux products and don’t intend to go back to Windows any time soon, so I was wondering if there was another form of Linux that would solve this problem for me, because I need 7-8 different layouts.

Hello,
I have Windows vista installed on my laptop. I have some free space to install SuSE Linux 10,
I’ve done a dual boot configuration before but the problem is that the linux GURB boot loader become the machine default loader and when I for any reason decide to to delete the linux I’ll lose my windows , is there ant way I can install SuSE Linux without changing the boot order? I mean that the windows boot first with an option to pick the Linux like installing Vista and Xp as dual boot.

Thanks

I recently installed mandriva linux on my laptop but I realized I’m going to need to put windows back on the computer to play a couple of games I can’t get to work with wine. Whats the process for installing a dual boot of linux and windows with linux already being installed?

I got an older laptop broblably running Win95 (I may be wrong, problably not that old) or UP and I was wondering what Linux OS would work best with? And yes I’m wiping the HDD from any Windows it may have…

I also have a tower and was going to install Linux there. But I’m not so hot with my laptops performance and I’m sort of open to new stuff so I want to know if installing Linux might do me well. My laptop is primarily used for writing and internet research.

Please no answers like, "Yeah, Vista sucks!" looking for cogent help here.

after i install linux 9.1 in my laptop i try to login but after login i dont know how to do ?it not start with linux

I’m fixing laptop, and the hard drive has several bad sectors on it. My intent is to get windows back on it (it is a friends computer), but windows won’t install until these bad sectors are fixed. I was able to load ubuntu on the laptop as a temporary fix and so I have an os to help the diagnosis and extract some data from the corrupt windows installation. Is there any disk checking utilities avaliable for linux that also attempts to repair bad sectors?

I installed Mandriva on my other laptop (for non-dual boot). I was switching from openSUSE. I got to the whole restart phase but when my computer restarted, the graphics started looking very jagged and faded and eventually, before getting to any significant screen, my screen turns into a faded light blue-green screen with nothing on it. My computer stays like that. My first instinct (i’m a linux newbie) was to panic and force the computer to be turned off by holding the on/off button. Once I tried to turn it on again, not even the BIOS screen appears. THe screens starts out all black then turns into the light-blue green screen. At no point do I see any sort of text. Pressing any key buttons (such as Delete, f8, etc) that BIOSes recognize the computer just makes beeping sounds but still nothing on the screen. I don’t know what to do. Please help!!!

The laptop is an HP Pentium 4, 3 ghz, 1GB of RAM, Ati video card *I forget the model*.

I’m trying to get Yahoo Messenger on this laptop that’s running Linux. I really don’t know anything about Linux and I’m planning to change back to windows, but I need to get yahoo messenger on here first for reasons that are really offtopic.

Anyway! when I go to the Yahoo Messenger site it says Redhat 6, 7, 8, or 9? I don’t know what this is, or what it means, but when I download any of them the .rpm files don’t run, how do I run these files?

I’ve a 64 bit Acer laptop, what would be a good alternative to Windows XP, and where can I find it?

I have a Canon PowerShot A95, on my laptop I am running Linux (debian) I need help downloading my pictures when I plug my camera into my laptop and turn on my camera I get a pop up which says ~Camera has been detected ~ and it gives me the option to inport the images. I press inport and nothing happens please help

I want to know and also if I can use the yellow dog cd (the one meant for ps3) to shrink the partition size of the vista partition on my laptop. I plan on buying some laptop at walmart with vista on it and putting yellow dog on it for fun and also to try it out before committing to the ps3 to use it on too.

I want to know and also if I can use the yellow dog cd (the one meant for ps3) to shrink the partition size of the vista partition on my laptop. I plan on buying some laptop at walmart with vista on it and putting yellow dog on it for fun and also to try it out before committing to the ps3 to use it on too.

I want to change my OS (Vista) to any Linux OS that supports My Laptop with out any trouble.

Are there any? My favorite is Linux. Is there a version of linux that exists now or is in development specifically for use on a Laptop? Most are for use on laptops(Or geared towards desktops) Can Linux run on a ManBook Pro? Are there any other systems besides Linux, mac, Or Microsoft? Give me a website link for more information on the system please!

I have bought a laptop and the OS is Suse linux 11 enterprise. before I was using Windows. I would like to find a software pack or smth like that that I can dowload some software for example like VLC, bittorrent and other softwares that an average PC user uses which would be compatible on linux. any suggestions? where can I download it from?

I am running Fedora Core 1 on my laptop and would like to use my Microsoft mn-720 adapter to access the internet, but don’t know where to find drivers for it.

Is it possible to reformat a Linux OS laptop to a Windows OS? I have an original Windows recovery CD and I am wondering if I can use it to reformat my laptop

I’m going to install Ubuntu Linux (as an application) on my laptop, which already has Windows (and I’m going to keep them both). I have a lot of files and applications inside Windows, so I want to know: will I be able to work with them (whether it’s a file or an application) while using Ubuntu Linux?