On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 10:35, Jay Daniels wrote: > it may be more practical to install fedora on this sony laptop. > laptop: Sony VAIO > model is: PCG-FR130 > sony dvd cdrw drive I've got FC1 on my Sony Vaio PCG-FRV35. The only stuff that doesn't work 'out of the box' is the modem (never tried, don't care for or use modems) and the ACPI powersaving/hibernate/suspend stuff just doesn't want to work for me (maybe you'll have better luck?). As a result, I can only get about 1-1.5 hrs on battery (using the wireless LAN). K3b works great for the cd-rw/dvd-rw and the alsa modules helped with the sound because I wanted the full duplex abilities. My orinoco wireless card just works under FC1 (very easy and painless). > what do you think, do i stand a chance to convert her to Linux or am i > wasting my time? she basically uses the laptop as a desktop pc to > read mail via a webmail service, surf the net, purchase online, > save family photos to cdr, and print stuff. she would use X almost > entirely with the mouse under a normal user account. she also has no > interest in learning unix/linux commands or the shell. has anyone > tried to convert someone to Linux, how did it go? Some good, some bad. Just be aware that some people simply don't like change and you should be ok :)
