[Thinkpad] installing linux on x31

[Deanna Berman]

Check out www.knoppix.com. Knoppix is a linux distro that runs entirely from
CD or DVD that you create yourself by downloading yourself, or you can buy
it on CD for very little money.

The program is self-contained so as not to make changes to any programs on
your hard drive.

I know there are several people here who have used knoppix to try out linux
before making a decision whether to switch to linux or to set up a dual-boot
with another OS.

Deanna



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cjeastwd at gol.com>
To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:15 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] installing linux on x31


>
> Hi
>
> I know there's oodles of websites documenting this, and IBM used to
> (probably Lenovo maintain) publish information on putting this together
> too. My question is, since these sites are a little old, is:
>
> is this still a usable alternative.
>
> Presently I'm using a University supplied OS (win 2K) but I'm thinking
> of changing over to something else.
>
> I was thinking that I could experiment by putting the OS onto a 4Gig USB
> drive, and booting from that, to leave my existing stuff on the internal
> drive.
>
> My x31 has a 512 and a 256 simm in it.
>
> Will I be able to run open office, and work as effectively as win2K now
> runs on this machine, or is this spec a little 'light' for linux?
>
> thanks
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