[Beowulf] Ubuntu/laptops

Prentice Bisbal prentice at ias.edu
Fri Sep 18 10:37:43 PDT 2009


Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Gerry Creager wrote:
> 
> I don't use Fedora on clusters, I use it on laptops, where bleeding edge
> is often necessary.  I just got and reinstalled a Studio 17 Dell (which
> came with VoEvil, of course) and it wouldn't even boot the F10 install
> image (at least not without a lot more energy than I had to put into
> it).  F11 it booted, and installed, flawlessly.  From what Google turned
> up, Ubuntu will work too.

Off-topic: From my experience, Ubuntu works fantastic on laptops, better
than anything else, except *maybe* OS X.

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Prentice




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