[LUNI] Re: luni Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6

[Robert Smith]

--- Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote:

> According to the latest Microcenter add, their $379
> laptop has Intel 
> video (which currently has the best Linux driver
> support) and InviLink 
> wireless (I believe it uses an Atheros chipset,
> which has open source 
> drivers available on the Ubuntu disk).
> I just bought it.  Does anyone know if there is any
> danger in installing Ubuntu straight away on the
> first boot.  The instructions say that the Windows
> XP innitial setup will take 30 min. and that I
> should complete it to make sure that the machine si
> working properly?  Is this really nec. since I'm
> going to blow away Windows?
>  

The only thing I could think of, and probably the
reason behind the warning is, if there is some sort of
hardware gremlin, and you've blown away Windows to
image it with Linux, you open yourself up for the
"blame game." You've got almost four bills invested.
If you feel confident enough in the hardware, then by
all means, throw caution to the wind and load Ubuntu
straight up. If you live by Murphy's Law, then you
might want to choose the side of caution and let it
load Windows first.

Rob Smith