E-Machines

[Graham Todd]

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:09:33 -0500
"Fred A. Miller" <fmiller at lightlink.com> uttered these words:

> GARY HYPES wrote:
> > I know EMs have a bad rep as being poorly built machines. I'm
> > considering buying one (very cheap), wiping the hard disk (Windows
> > XP) and installing Ubuntu. Has anyone encountered specific problems
> > installing and running Linux/Ubuntu on E-machines PC's? 
> I've installed openSUSE 11.0 on 3 different models of late with no
> problems, so I would think you'd not have a problem with 9.10.
> 
> Fred
> 

I've found E-Machines excellent for running Ubuntu, BUT I would not
install Karmic on a new machine until Karmic has been around for a
month or more - just to iron out any last remaining problems and to get
yourself aware of any major snags.

I'd suggest installing Ubuntu 9.04 ("Jaunty") for now and then
later upgrading to Karmic.  You will not need to wipe the hard disk if
you partition the whole disk, but again I'd suggest that you have a
separate /home partition on a separate hard disk to keep your data
discrete.

-- 
Graham Todd