I don't say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement.
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I don't say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement.
If you can't figure out how to install Linux on a random laptop, you probably shouldn't be running Linux.
When I got started, oh, 30 years ago, I got a Slackware installation that could be booted from floppy disc.
The installer created a Boot floppy and a Root floppy, and there were 5 variations on each, 25 combinations.
So I made the first combo, booted machine, and found it all worked except the CD-ROM drive.
I went through all 25 Boot/Root combinations looking for one that would work with the CD-ROM.
There wasn't one. The CD was some custom SCSI drive that wasn't supported under Linux.
So I pulled the SCSI card and drive, replaced it with an IDE drive, and it worked on the first try.
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I don't say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement.
If you can't figure out how to install Linux on a random laptop, you probably shouldn't be running Linux.
When I got started, oh, 30 years ago, I got a Slackware installation that could be booted from floppy disc.
The installer created a Boot floppy and a Root floppy, and there were 5 variations on each, 25 combinations.
So I made the first combo, booted machine, and found it all worked except the CD-ROM drive.
I went through all 25 Boot/Root combinations looking for one that would work with the CD-ROM.
There wasn't one. The CD was some custom SCSI drive that wasn't supported under Linux.
So I pulled the SCSI card and drive, replaced it with an IDE drive, and it worked on the first try.
wrote last edited by [email protected]K i have more pressing priorities. Take it easy yo, serial. Just looking to get started while im handling bigger things
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I don't say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement.
If you can't figure out how to install Linux on a random laptop, you probably shouldn't be running Linux.
When I got started, oh, 30 years ago, I got a Slackware installation that could be booted from floppy disc.
The installer created a Boot floppy and a Root floppy, and there were 5 variations on each, 25 combinations.
So I made the first combo, booted machine, and found it all worked except the CD-ROM drive.
I went through all 25 Boot/Root combinations looking for one that would work with the CD-ROM.
There wasn't one. The CD was some custom SCSI drive that wasn't supported under Linux.
So I pulled the SCSI card and drive, replaced it with an IDE drive, and it worked on the first try.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Linux 30 years ago was a different experience altogether. Today everything is virtually automatic. Totally appropriate for even novice users.
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Linux 30 years ago was a different experience altogether. Today everything is virtually automatic. Totally appropriate for even novice users.
Right up until you hit a job portal that doesn't work because it doesn't recognize Linux.
There are all sorts of things that just don't work with Linux, which requires thinking for yourself to either figure it out or work around it.
Figuring out how to do the install yourself is the equivalent of "You must be this tall to ride this ride."
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K i have more pressing priorities. Take it easy yo, serial. Just looking to get started while im handling bigger things
Installing Linux mint is really painless. There is also [email protected] where you will get a lot better help than here (not saying the help here is necessarily bad, but the members there are great)
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Installing Linux mint is really painless. There is also [email protected] where you will get a lot better help than here (not saying the help here is necessarily bad, but the members there are great)
Thanks, their comment sorta sucks in many ways but im not above getting to the gold indirectly
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I don't say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement.
If you can't figure out how to install Linux on a random laptop, you probably shouldn't be running Linux.
When I got started, oh, 30 years ago, I got a Slackware installation that could be booted from floppy disc.
The installer created a Boot floppy and a Root floppy, and there were 5 variations on each, 25 combinations.
So I made the first combo, booted machine, and found it all worked except the CD-ROM drive.
I went through all 25 Boot/Root combinations looking for one that would work with the CD-ROM.
There wasn't one. The CD was some custom SCSI drive that wasn't supported under Linux.
So I pulled the SCSI card and drive, replaced it with an IDE drive, and it worked on the first try.
I know, right?
Hey, I just got this random car, how do I change the transmission?
It's cool they are curious but coming to Lemmy immediately is just so bizarre.
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K i have more pressing priorities. Take it easy yo, serial. Just looking to get started while im handling bigger things
Hey buddy. RTFM
edit: lol two downvotes for RTFM. Eat shit lemmy, and go RTFM. Im'ma sleep now.
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I know, right?
Hey, I just got this random car, how do I change the transmission?
It's cool they are curious but coming to Lemmy immediately is just so bizarre.
Installing a different OS isn't even remotely as hard as changing a car's transmission. These days it's closer to changing the oil, or maybe changing the oil filter at most
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Installing a different OS isn't even remotely as hard as changing a car's transmission. These days it's closer to changing the oil, or maybe changing the oil filter at most
If you have the right laptop.
I can probably drop and reinstall the transmission in my '95 Ford quicker than I could put linux on my wife's Macbook
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If you have the right laptop.
I can probably drop and reinstall the transmission in my '95 Ford quicker than I could put linux on my wife's Macbook
Unless you're talking about the new m series chip macs, then i doubt that
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Unless you're talking about the new m series chip macs, then i doubt that
You think I let her run around with a 2005 macbook? Of course it's a m chip
