[Tfug] windows to linux

[Jim March]

Quoting Liz:

>>oh heavens no.  I've got absolutely nothing I need saved on this laptop.
:-) <<

Ah.  OK, good.  It was worth checking :).

Which distro are you going to use?  Also, it would be very useful to
know which graphics card is in there now, not just brand but model
details as shown in the Windows "device manager".  In XP that's under
control panel, system, hardware tab, device manager.  Expand the entry
for video/graphics card and write down what it says.  There can be
interesting issues with some where one distro (or version of a distro)
can be predicted to work better than others.

It's almost certain you'll be able to make anything work.  Worst case
is probably the Intel GMA500, a real freakshow...even that mostly
works :).

Jim