Re: [tlug] Looking for Linux fit Laptop in Tokyo

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:

> But the best advice I can give you is to burn a Knoppix or Gentoo or
> Ubuntu LiveCD (pick the distro that you know the best) and take it
> with you to the computer store. Make it clear to the salesperson that
> they have no chance of making a sale unless they allow you to reboot
> the 'top off the CD and test all the hardware. Some salespeople will
> not わかる, but others will let you have at it.

It tried this once in Laox, and they practically chased me out of the 
store. Then I went around the corner to Ishimaru, and they were fine 
with it. I bought a shitload of stuff that day--too bad for Laox.

Chuck

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