Thinkpad T60 Ubuntu Feisty Installed Ok

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Donald iddings wrote:
> just passing along this info:
> 
> Converted from Mandriva last fall so was more used to Linux KDE desktop,
> installed Ubuntu Edgy on one of my desktops just overwrote Mandriva,
> then & along with Kubuntu KDE desktop was able to determine which
> desktop I really preferred & over time preferred Gnome, although nothing
> against KDE. Gnome is a little simpler & cleaner for me. Really liked
> Ubuntu enough so that I decided this would be really nice to have on a
> laptop for mobility. 
> 
> Researched & all Intel or Mac's seem most compatible with Ubuntu,
> couldn't find same on ebay used although tried for some time. So bought
> a Thinkpad T60 ordered with all Intel running Vista & waited for Feisty.
> I had the T60 built robust for Vista & I can confirm Vista does require
> stout hardware resources. In the meantime played with Vista enough to
> know I didn't really like it much but was an interesting experiment. 
> 
> Download & burned Feisty iso Friday nite & installed just fine on the
> T60, no dual boot just just overwrote Vista. Everything works- no
> graphics issues, wired & wireless came right up painless, sound ok, etc.
> Have not tested everything yet but basically the major stuff works
> great! Ubuntu is impressive on a T60. Anybody wants the T60 specs just
> let me know, see you. 
> 
> iddingdj05 at comcast.net
> 
> 
> 
> 

Just wanted to say I am very happy to hear about your good experience. 
Always refreshing when someone 'bites the bullet' and totally cleans out 
their system, and everything works. Not too many success stories come up 
on this list. I'm just itching to do the same on my system.