Hi Rohan, On Tue, June 24, 2014 3:01 pm, Rohan McLeod wrote:
a naive/beginner's question if I may; received wisdom in the Windows world is often to NOT attempt to" back install" to laptops; that is for example to NOT attempt to replace win 8 with say XP; I had always assumed the issue was drivers?
That is indeed true; and security issues as well (e.g., available patches). Also, for the love of all that it is holy, it's a thirteen year-old version of an operating system.... (But let's drop this topic on this mailing list...)
How much of a problem is this with Linux laptop installs generally ? I take it there were no driver issues in the above Ubuntu instal ?
Well, I'm the sort of person who upgrades personal hardware once in a blue moon, so not really the right person to ask. Historically with the newest and greatest hardware sometimes manufacturers are not always as helpful as they could be and problems can arise. I haven't noticed any problems (yet) with this Ubuntu install on this particular laptop.. All the best, -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt