OT: ubuntu install problem

[Laura Brody]

Walter Vaughan wrote:
> Richard Kreiss wrote:
>
>   
>> I have been trying to install this on a Thinkpad T23 which currently had Win
>> XP Pro., 256Mb RAM and a 30GB hard drive with 20GB free.
>>     
> Ubuntu is a live CD, does it run just fine from the CD without installing?
>
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_on_a_ThinkPad_T23
> leads me to belive it should work.
>
> I've run Ubuntu on the laptop I won at the filePro conference for a year 
> and a half with only 256Meg. Mostly because it would overheat and 
> shutdown under windows, and Linux seems to keep the fans throttled up a 
> lot more. The box still gets pretty hot, but it never seems to stop even 
> though it sounds like a DC-3.
>   
  I recommend a chill mat for a laptop which runs hot. They cost $20-40 
and can
be found at most computer/electronics stores.

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