Do you have a USB port? If so, you can install from a memory stick one of the smaller distributions (damn small linux, etc.) and there may be a USB stick...
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Naftali Kirsh
naftali_kirsh
Jan 5, 2010 8:54 am
Hi, thx for both answers, I'll check it, I think that (at least theoretically) it can boot from USB. Naftali...
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glickmandavid@...
glickmandavi...
May 7, 2010 1:59 pm
Hi all, I installed Ubuntu on my laptop with my wimdows xp OS. I thougt that I would have the option at startup to choose between the OS , but I was wrong!!...
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Dotan Cohen
dotancohen
May 7, 2010 6:49 pm
How did you partition the disk? If you formatted the whole thing then there is no more windows. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com...
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Steve G.
zvig99
May 8, 2010 1:10 am
I am surprised, I installed Ubuntu on a Windows XP machine and it did a dual boot install, did not even give me a way out... Of course I could have formatted...
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Hagai Hadad
hagai_hadad
May 8, 2010 9:36 pm
Do you happen to know if you install it as a dual boot? I used plenty of dual boot in the past and had no problem with it. I'm guessing (just guessing) that it...
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Shimon Lebowitz
shimonl
May 9, 2010 10:04 am
I will just comment that a friend of mine tried the Ubuntu dual-boot installation on his laptop, and then was unable to access his Windows data. He brought me...
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Hagai Hadad
hagai_hadad
May 9, 2010 10:25 am
Well, First of all I am happy you were able to recover the data (as unpleasant as it seems). Second, I am an Ubuntu fan myself (Linux in general and Ubuntu in ...
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Dotan Cohen
dotancohen
May 9, 2010 1:43 pm
... That is some bug! What version of Ubuntu was that? I hope that you filed a bug with the hardware specs so that it might be looked into. I've done literally...
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Shimon Lebowitz
shimonl
May 9, 2010 2:18 pm
Shalom Dotan, You are right that I *should* have filed a report, but no, I didn't. My friend just wanted his data back, and that was all that I really worked...
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jangler_lc
Aug 2, 2010 9:04 pm
I just installed CentOS on my T43 I update it with all the packages (yum update). I need to know how to enable the wireless connection. It seems like...
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Hagai Hadad
hagai_hadad
Aug 4, 2010 5:10 am
which Linux version are u using ? I'm an Ubuntu user and there is no need for me to configure the wireless. It works out of the Box (IBM Thinkpad T41 - a...
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Tzafrir Cohen
tzafrir@...
Aug 4, 2010 5:38 am
... CentOS 5 (5.x) I suppose, right? ... The kernel includes drivers for this device, but sadly Intel has decided to make the firmware for them not freely...
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Hagai Hadad
hagai_hadad
Aug 4, 2010 5:52 am
lol. r u asking or telling?...
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geohex@...
geohex...
Aug 13, 2010 8:51 am
How do I set up the VPN for use with the off-campus access to the Technion library resources under linux? I am using Slackware 13.1, which includes openvpn....
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Yaakov
ybnbetar
Jan 11, 2011 9:43 am
Shalom; I'm totally new to this subject yet very inetersted. What type of linux OS is best for laptops? What addon(s) would one need to use Windows based...
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kopolov@...
hagai_hadad
Jan 11, 2011 11:41 am
Well, I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 on my ThinkPad W500 and it works gr8. About running Windows apps on Ubuntu, you will need to install wine (short for "WINdows...
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Shimon Lebowitz
shimonl
Jan 11, 2011 11:51 am
Actually, WINE is an acronym for W_ine I_s N_ot an E_mulator, because it allows Windows programs written for the underlying architecture to run natively. The...
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kopolov@...
hagai_hadad
Jan 11, 2011 12:23 pm
10x for the update (liked it ... :) )...
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Shlomi Fish
shlomif2
Jan 11, 2011 2:26 pm
Hi Yaakov, ... Well, I've successfully installed Mandriva Linux on my Acer Laptop. Here are its specs: http://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/#computers-specs ...
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Oded Arbel
oded-gnubies@...
Jan 11, 2011 5:30 pm
... Most modern Linux distributions will work out of the box on any standard laptop. Additionally both Ubuntu 10.10, KUbuntu 10.10 and Fedora 14 worked nicely...
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Yaakov Bar Nahman
ybnbetar
Jan 11, 2011 9:44 pm
BS"D Thank you all for good relevant information & advice. Does anyone know if there is a place I could send a copy of a particular program, or relevant part...
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Shimon Lebowitz
shimonl
Jan 11, 2011 10:05 pm
Just to let you know that I use OpenOffice, in English *and* Hebrew, and once I got it set up, it works fine for me. I mostly use Writer (instead of "Word"),...
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Shlomi Fish
shlomif2
Jan 11, 2011 10:07 pm
... What? What do you mean by checked for Linux compliance? ... Ubuntu works fine without a touch screen. ... Well, if any of these medical programs don't have...
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Oded Arbel
oded-gnubies@...
Jan 11, 2011 11:31 pm
... I don't think that something like that exist. If its a software that's available for the general public, then it probably is listed in Wine's application...
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Yaakov Bar Nahman
ybnbetar
Jan 11, 2011 11:35 pm
Shimon Todah! Does this work in either the "English" version or the "Hebrew" version or in either? What is the difference/similarity between "Writer" & "Word"...
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Yaakov Bar Nahman
ybnbetar
Jan 11, 2011 11:38 pm
BS"D Todah Oded. Yaakov ... -- Hhaza"l said: "Ein Torah lelo derekh eress" Rav Shalom Arush says: "Torah study that is done with insulting or degrading another...
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Shimon Lebowitz
shimonl
Jan 12, 2011 7:45 am
I don't really remember installing a "Hebrew version". Actually, my guess would be that a Hebrew version means that the menus and such appear in Hebrew, which...
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noa78@...
noa78@ymail.com
Feb 21, 2011 11:41 am
I have Windows 7 on my laptop, I tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 side by side, when I choose Ubuntu from the start menu everything works fine, but when I choose...
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Shlomi Fish
shlomif2
Feb 21, 2011 2:28 pm
Hi Noa, ... What is written on the laptop's screen when Win7 attempts to boot? I think we need more details. Finally, I should note that you may have better...
