Toshiba laptop and Ubuntu

[Collins Richey]

On 6/12/06, Mike McKinlay <mikemckinlay at cox.net> wrote:
> Folks:
> I'm laid up after knee surgery and got bored, so I decided to install
> Linux (Ubuntu 6.06)on my old Toshiba satellite model A45-150. Always
> hated having winblows and the Toshiba proprietary stuff on it. Much to
> my surprise it installed faster and easier then winblows and works much
> better too. Everything I've checked works great, sound, wireless nic,
> battery management. Didn't have to tweak anything yet. Well I'm going to
> play with and see if I can break anything. ;^) Will report anything of
> interest as it comes up.

I'm glad you had a pleasant experience. My total experience with 6.06
(and it's development predecessors) on desktop and laptop has been "it
just plain works" except for CUPS (that's all too frequently a POS on
any distro).

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.