[Discuss] Linux on laptops

[smallm at SDF.ORG (Mike Small)]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 02:11:19PM +0000, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
> So far, what I'm inclined to do, is go to a local store such as Microcenter or BestBuy, ask them what their return policy is, create a "dd" image of the internal hard drive before first power-on, and then simply blow it away with a linux installer. See what happens. 

Do any stores let you boot from a live cd in the store?  Some must.
I seem to recall an OpenBSD user, can't remember where, accumulating
a pile of dmesges of different laptops by going to certain stores
and trying out what they have.

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Mike Small
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