[Cialug] New members looking for test laptop

[Andrew Denner]

To second Don's comment virtualization is great! I personally like it for
the fact that you can take a disk snapshot before you try something new and
risky in case you do something wrong.


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like using virtualization. VirtualBox works pretty well most of the time.
> I like to compare VMWare and Parallels and see what each of the three is
> missing.
>
> You may not get a full emulation, especially when using the more ambitious
> UIs, but a lower-end laptop would probably show very similar limitations.
> You will get a pretty good taste of each distro. And, if you want, you can
> switch to full-screen mode and won't even see the host OS unless you want
> to.
>
> --Don Ellis
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:32 PM, chris rheinherren
> <c.rheinherren at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > I generally use virtualizations to try out other distros using Virtualbox
> > myself.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:27 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > There are several places that will sell you a refirbished laptop, i.e.
> > > Newegg.com or Tigerdirect, for about $200. You can also go look at what
> > > these guys have, over in Clive:
> > >
> > > http://midwestelectronicrecovery.com/outlet-store/
> > >
> > > Another option for trying out Linux distributions, if you have a PC
> > running
> > > Windows or a Mac, is to use virtualizations. Virtualbox is free and
> very
> > > easy to use.
> > >
> > > -dc
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:51 PM, wdmtrader <wdmtrader at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My son and I are new to the group so please gently correct me if this
> > > > request is inappropriate.  We are looking for a cheap laptop to
> > > experiment
> > > > with various Linux distros.  We would like to experiment with Ubuntu,
> > > > Fedora, and others.  Can you please recommend where we may find
> > something
> > > > under $200 (free is even better)?  What specs should we be looking
> for
> > > > (RAM, CPU, DVD, DVI/HDMI out, etc.)?
> > > >
> > > > On a related note, is there a good resource that compares/contrast
> > > various
> > > > distros?  What are the trade offs for choosing Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint,
> > > etc.?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Scott Burklund
> >
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