I wished for those small computers, especially the ones that the OLF gave away.  I thought that the time for me to get one would be far away.  But I remembered:  Hey!  I can install Ubuntu on my lappy and set up the dual-boot with Vista.  And right now, I’m using Intrepid Ibex from my laptop.

Before anything else, I defragged the hard drive and shrank the Vista partition by 12.5 GB.  Vista Business has that option in which you can resize the hard drive.  Just to make sure things are safe, I made backups of my files and then I booted from my Live CD.  After setting up the extra space, I installed Ubuntu.  It also  sets up a boot loader, in which I can either boot from Vista or from Ubuntu.  That’s an extra step when I turn on my lappy, but it’s a small one.

For me, it’s like having a new computer, rediscovering the features.  Now I can enjoy Linux whenever I take my laptop.  I will have to get to the nuts and bolts and blog about how my laptop gets along with Ubuntu.

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