[Leica] OT: buying a Windows laptop for my son

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

Quoth the Jeff Moore :

> 2009-07-11-05:06:30 Charlie Meyer:
> > BTW, anyone have suggestions for which Linux flavor is best for
> AMD
> > based laptops?
> 
> I've recently revisited the question of whose Linux packaging to
> install, Ubuntu has come back out on top.  I just installed 64-bit Ubuntu
> 9.04 on a little server, and am pleased to report that 64-bit Linux seems 
> to
> be mainstream and no particular trouble now.

I have Ubuntu 9.04 "on a stick" on both my AMD64 HP laptop and my 
Atom netboook, for the rare occasions when I need Linux in the field 
for some reason, and it seems to work fine on both.  I didn't much 
care for the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, the desktop had been changed and a 
bunch of things weren't the way I wanted them, but getting Ubuntu to 
install on a USB drive was easy....

My current PITA is getting my new machine, running 9.04-64 desktop 
(powering my scanners and, eventually, holding the photo library) to 
interface with my existing XP network.  Networking was never my long 
suit, and getting Samba configured is apparently a bit more complex 
than it looks.  I'll get it pummeled into submission one of these 
days, however.