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Ubuntu's installer is actually a Live DVD, so it's zero risk to take one into BestBuy, drop it into a laptop and reboot. If it comes up you're in good shape, if
by michaelbuckbee 18y ago
Ubuntu's installer is actually a Live DVD, so it's zero risk to take one into BestBuy, drop it into a laptop and reboot. If it comes up you're in good shape, if not, pop it out and try the next one.
- SwellJoe 18y agoWiFi is the tricky bit. Just be sure to check that the wireless adapter is detected. Intel wireless chipsets are open, and so have excellent support in Linux. All of the "includes Linux" laptops from Lenovo and Dell have an Intel WiFi card rather than one of the lesser models (thus, the same model from Dell or Lenovo running Windows will not necessarily provide "drop Linux on it later" capability, unless you plan to replace the WiFi adapter with the Intel version--it does seem to be a replaceable component in the Dell and Lenovo models in question, though).