Re: Linux on Laptop (distrib recommendations?)

From: carlos seramos (pottercarl_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/08/03 

Date: 7 Oct 2003 21:30:26 -0700

There were a couple of typos in my previous post which seem to have
riled a few people up. I also realize I left some information out so I
now submit this revised post:

What distribution do you feel is most laptop friendly. I've run *Red
Hat 8 and 9* on a ThinkPad A21 for a while and haven't had too many
problems (aside from some wireless NIC issues on 8). I have not
installed the Red Hat 10 (Fedora-severn?) Beta.

Most of my *Linux* experience so far has been with either Red Hat or
Slackware. * I've messed around with Knoppix, Yellow Dog and Mandrake
a little bit. I'm still, very much, a newbie.

I have an IBM T20 that I'd like to install Linux on and was thinking
I'd like to give something other than Red Hat a try.

Are there any distributions that really seem fit well with a Laptop
install? 

--
P.S. some people have gone out of their way to get pissed off and
flame me because I cross-posted to alt.religion.dake-bonoism and have
called me a troll.  a.r.d-b is an eclectic newsgroup. A variety of
subjects are discussed in there (it is similar to misc.misc in that
respect). Linux is in fact *on-topic* in a.r.d-b.
If I make a cross-posted to an MS newsgroup and a linux newsgroup with
a subject line like "Linux Sux: Bill Gates is my Hero!" then that
would be a troll. Even if I posted something a bit more subtle but it
generated a bunch of off-topic, endless flame, type threads then I can
see how someone could accuse me of being a troll. However my a.r.d-b
posts have done neither. They have all been sincere questions, and I
have always taken the time to read each and every response. I am not a
troll.
a.r.d-b is a "topic of the day" type newsgroup which I cross-post too
from time to time. I've never seen a cross-post to that newsgroup
generate flame threads or spam of any kind. I honestly don't see why
people get upset by it.
pottercarl@hotmail.com (carlos seramos) wrote in message news:<efa53c9b.0310071246.6850747c@posting.google.com>...
> What distribution do you feel is most laptop friendly. I've run Red
> Hat 9 and 10 on a ThinkPad A21 for a while and haven't had too many
> problems (aside from some wireless NIC issues on 8).
> 
> Most of my Red Hat experience so far has been with either Red Hat or
> SlackWare.
> 
> I have an IBM T20 that I'd like to install Linux on and am wondering
> if I should give something other than Red Hat a try.
> 
> Are there any distributions that really seem fit well with a Laptop
> install?

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