Linux Laptop Setup Needed in St. Paul

Nov
20
2004

I am looking for someone to set up a dual boot Linux/Windows system on a new laptop that will be arriving after Thanksgiving. In the past, I've tinkered around with getting Linux running on laptops and this time I don't have time to mess with it. I don't want to have to do the driver research, troubleshooting, etc. So, I'm looking to pay someone to set up the configuration described below. There is an entry for this laptop on the Linux on Laptops page which indicates that this task shouldn't be too difficult. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mmastran/fedora-core-3/index.html

Incidentally, I do NOT want "help doing it myself" or pointers to tutorials. I have other, more important tasks to do and am offering cash for your services. Please respond privately with your price quote and availability.

I'll need someone who's available to take care of it within a couple of days of the laptop's arrival from Dell. Estimated Ship Date: on or before 12/01/2004. The laptop in question is a Dell Inspiron 700m. It will ship with the following additions to the base model:

* 60 GB hard drive
* Integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 Internal Wireless card
* Total of 512 MB RAM
* 24X COMBO - DVD/CD-RW

Requirements:

Fedora Linux on 20GB

Must include functioning installations of:

* Graphics card at full native LCD resolution and color. No 8 bit 640×480.
* 10/100 Ethernet networking functioning
* Integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 Internal Wireless card wireless networking
* Sound for MP3, CD and DVD
* DVD video using VideoLAN
* CD writing with the built-in drive
* Both Gnome and KDE
* OpenOffice
* Firefox and Thunderbird
* Wine
* Development tools installed
* Printing to a Dell 1600n printer on the network

Windows XP Home on the rest of the drive - Laptop ships with license, I have OEM media if you need it.

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