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| For old/slow machines it's probably a good idea to disable the screensaver, or at least change it to "Blank Screen Only". Some of the X screensavers use huge quantities of CPU. (System->Preferences->Screensaver) | ||||||||
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| > > | Don't forget to install languages (System->Administration->Language Support) | |||||||
Laptop Model SpecificThinkpad 600E6.06 installation from the live disk didn't work. "ubiquity" hung after choosing the keyboard. There was a zombie process that looked like an X keyboard selection program (but I didn't write it down at the time). Installation from the 5.10 disc worked fine, so I expect that text-mode installation of 6.06 would also work. | ||||||||
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| < < | Sound didn't work out-of-the-box. Need to work on that. | |||||||
| > > | Sound didn't work out-of-the-box. Followed the instructions in the HOWTO below and that did the trick. Note that when I followed the instruction on some other pages to turn quick boot off that seemed to mess up the network interface. | |||||||
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http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_600 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Script_for_configuring_the_CS4239_sound_chip_in_PnP_mode - HOWTO get sound working | ||||||||