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2 questions - Linux/Notebook
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Old Jun 20, 2007, 03:13 PM Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 10:13 PM #1 of 7
2 questions - Linux/Notebook

I have a notebook that overheats due to the dust inside. The hard drive seems to be broken as well.

1 - I never figured out how to open the notebook. I lost the receipt so I can't bring it back for repairs, but I can't open it. I remove all the screws and then it still won't open. My notebook is a Korean one, that's sold by vendors such as E-machine and Medion. Mine is a Medion (although sold as 'Cybercom Vancouver') type 95172. I guess any type of notebook with a serial number close to that is the same. There is a type that looks a lot like it, but is slightly different:

http://www.gejanssen.com/howto/md41320/

And this is the 'official' notebook:

http://www.arima.com.tw/ViewProduct.asp?View=71

2 - Since I'm now happy with my Dell notebook, and the hard drive sucks anyway, I want to install Linux on it. Requirements is that the version should be easy on the system (since it'll overheat), but also recent and user-friendly. What Linux is good?

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Old Jun 20, 2007, 03:33 PM Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 01:33 PM #2 of 7
In before Merv and "UBUNTU ONRY NAO BIZNATCH"

I would recommend UBUNTU ONRY NAO BIZNATCH. The download is a fair bit smaller than some of the other popular distros, and is more catered to ease of use. In certain ways it's just as easy as Windows XP to use. It also has pretty good hardware support.

In addition, I'm only saying you should try it out since you're new to Linux. If you really wanna play around with things, try out Fedora Core 7.

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Old Jun 20, 2007, 04:02 PM Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 10:02 PM #3 of 7
Linux won't make your overheating problem go away. I even suppose it'll make it worse.

Maybe you should try some other ways of opening it. My friend has a Medion notebook (rather old) and knows the steps to disassemble it by heart. IIRC you gain access to the main screws when removing the keyboard (for this you have to remove some parts of the plastic housing below the lid).

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Old Jun 20, 2007, 06:19 PM Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 05:19 PM #4 of 7
http://www.xubuntu.org/

Nice and lite on resources, yes its ubuntu based but i like to think of it more as a debian based OS

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Old Jun 20, 2007, 08:34 PM #5 of 7
If you really wanna play around with things, try out Fedora Core 7.


That'll take care of his overheating problem by loading an OS that runs at a pace that makes a snail blush oh wait it won't take care of any problem

Obviously, recommending ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu. Also, flakpyro, Ubuntu is hardly "Debian based." While Ubuntu's code base was from the unstable version of Debian, there's been so many changes that make Ubuntu far different from Debian.

I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old Jun 20, 2007, 10:51 PM Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 09:51 PM #6 of 7
I dont know what kind you computer you have been using for linux but i could hardly call Feodra 7 slow, alot of reviews ive seen have been very positive, ive been running it since it came out and havn't had a single issue. Look at the benchmarks here:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item=658&num=1
I wouldnt call that slow at...


Ubuntu is based off Debian unstable, sure its been n00bifed to make it easier for people who have no clue or just dont care how linux works but the fact is, its based off of Debian Linux, sure its gone in its own more user friendly direction, similar to what Mandrake did with Redhat back in the day. Im not saying you can use Debian apt repos in Ubuntu, im just stating a generalized fact.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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Old Jun 20, 2007, 11:49 PM #7 of 7
Ubuntu is based off Debian unstable, sure its been n00bifed to make it easier for people who have no clue or just dont care how linux works but the fact is, its based off of Debian Linux, sure its gone in its own more user friendly direction, similar to what Mandrake did with Redhat back in the day. Im not saying you can use Debian apt repos in Ubuntu, im just stating a generalized fact.
That's not what I was saying at all.

Hint: I was saying that internally, Ubuntu is much more different than Debian than when Ubuntu started.

How ya doing, buddy?

Last edited by Little Shithead; Jun 20, 2007 at 11:51 PM.
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