Re: installing linux on laptop
From: Stephan Weller (sw_at_arcor.de)
Date: 03/14/04
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:36:03 +0100
S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:38:19 -0500, General Schvantzkoph penned:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:46:14 +0000, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:48:10 -0500, General Schvantzkoph penned:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:27:47 +0000, Pearlvn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I m considering installing either debian or Redhat 9.0 on a pentium 4
>>>>> laptop (compaq presario 1730). It will be on second partition, after
>>>>> windows xp as the mbr.
>>>>> Has anyone recommendations for eith debian or Redhat? Are there any
>>>>> potential problems?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> - gsn
>>>>
>>>> Go with Mandrake 9.2. Redhat 9 was a terrible release, it's paifully
>>>> slow. Debian has an antique installer that's likely to give you
>>>> trouble. Mandrake 9.2 has a great installer and a very recent kernel.
>>>> You might also want to try the latest SUSE which is also upto date.
>>>
>>> I agree about Redhat 9. I strongly disagree about Debian. The
>>> installer is certainly NOT antique, and is very powerful. OK, it's not
>>> as easy on the eyes as others, but it more than makes up for that with
>>> its functionality IMO.
>>
>> When I tried to do a Debian install on a 3 year old server it didn't even
>> recognize a Promise Ultra100 card making it impossible to do the install.
>> That machine has had every version of Redhat on it from 7.1 to 9, plus
>> Mandrake 9.2 and Slackware (current version), none of which had any
>> problem doing an install on it. An installer that can't recognize
>> hardware than has been supported for as long as the Promise Ultra 100 is
>> worthless.
>
> Fair enough. All I can say is that OK it's not easy to use, but I have
> found that perseverance pays off and the end result is worth the pain.
>
I have to agree with Gen. Schv. Debian is quite useless when faced with
current hardware. I too have been through a lot of linux distros and have
tried the latest debian recently. I was quite diappointed that on a first
impression nothing has changed since 1998 when I'd last tried it.
(regarding the installation). I do enjoy the luxury of a nice graphical
installation. I've become too lazy to setup every detail by myself.
So... to come to an end. My choice is Mandrake 10. It has been out since
March 12th and performes great. I had only one issue that needed fixing.
The touchpad wouldn't work with tapping but installing the driver did the
job.
Stephan
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