Hi All !

[Les Normal]

Im kinda new to Linux but not....

Back in maybe 2002 I bought a markdown box of Redhat version 6.x & tried to install it on a very flaky HD....it never did anything.

then in @ 2009 I found a local LUG....WNYLUG to be exact...
They even had free pizza & Chicken wings!!!
Buffalo NY is the home of the Chicken wing.

I owned a Compaq z1010 Sempron 3000+......nope no dice
I bought a nameless P4 offa Criagslist.....nada

I decided I wanted to go with laptops when I realized the whole thing ran on a 65w power supply.

Seemed environmentally friendly to me & would require alot less room.

then in late summer 2010..I guess..  Best Buy {an American Electronics chain store}
had  an HP62-234dx for sale.....$499? +tax  has an i3 Processor

Was a hell of a bargain.....everything else with that CPU was $50 -$100 more

No Linux would run on it.. I must have tried over a dozen distros.
Zorin 7 or 8 maybe did the best.the laptop would run fine for about 2 hours & lock up completely.
I had to unplug it & remove the battery to get an response at all.
This was annoying to say the least. It had taken well over 6 months to get this far...

Its now Oct 2012...Best Buy came thru Again!
an HP G7-1350dx  A6 APU 17Inches....$399+Tax.... Its Big & Beautiful
I love it.....Still W7 thank  the gods!
It hates Linux too!!! Completely unuseable. Well, so I have a windows machine.

March30th 2014 Best Buy out does themselves w 17" full 1080 video
{on the card} the screen is 1600x900 if I recall

HP e113dx with an A8 APU & W8,1

Windows 8
Who cares THIS is getting Linux!!!!!

No way Hose-Zay!!!!!! 

I never even got it to boot from the DVD player ... not 1ce.


I include the following to my fellow Americans & any other  earthlings who have the misfortune of having Best Buy around them..LOL

Its from my first post :

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"Best Buy Exclusives" DO NOT LIKE LINUX !!!!!!!
I have 3 of them....sad but true......
Right now 2 are down for the count but the 3rd from 2010 wasnt  Linux friendly last time I tried maybe 2 years ago.

Im hoping the newer distributions will solve that ...

I suspect  odd-ball hardware in the way underpriced PCs is the problem.

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Im running LL on an old Asus K60ij I bought offa Craigslist a while back.

It works well.

As might the LXLE I had on it previously that I demolished with my utter lack of Linux Knowledge & experience.

I almost forgot I have a now broken Dell e5430 with an i5 that I had Lubuntu 14.04 on
It screamed.. I loved it.....8G ram &7200 spin HD
when I fix it I will love it again!!

I have 2 more HP Laptops that a re much more run-of-the-mill'

An i5 Probook e6470b wPCLinuxOS on it for a few weeks now...
Its got a 14" screen  & its difficult for me too see.. I wanna get a big monitor to plug it into. that was $150 on Craigslist...


And a REAL bargain a 14" HP Dm4t  for only $75 !!!! Its like brand new.....too
I havent decide what to do with it yet....
Im thinkin Lubuntu...

[Les Normal]

Whoa lookout I found the modify button.....

Since I got so many responses..I have decided to blather on some more...

My reasons for wanting to use Linux are mostly dislike/distrust of Micro$oft as a business....

They are monopolistic, evil & who DO they think they are ?

its my computer & I shouldnt have to put up them & their foul spy practices.

Nor should I have to get their OK to  continue to use my computer.

Not only that, they way to quickly stop supporting their foul product that they forced on me!!!!

I feel that the Virus & malware rat infested Internet that we have now is largely their fault.... thru incompetence & poor product designed to make money & screw their customers in favor of online big business.

Alla this was before win8 &10 ..where they have doubled down on their evil big brother 1984 ways.