[HLUG] Which distro for a laptop?

[Morven Lewis-Everley]

Cool, this looks pretty interesting. Have you ever had any problems with
heat levels with this distro? Another problem I am having with Ubuntu is
that the laptop seems to run at a noticeably higher temperature than under
Windows.

Thanks for the recommendation.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Si <si2033 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mo,
>
> I've used sidux ( http://sidux.com/ ) on an IBM T41 successfully for some
> time
> now and a friend has just installed it on a new Dell XPS 1530.
>
> Like Ubuntu, sidux is based on Debian Sid, but uses the Sid repositories
> directly. A strong team and community ensure that any glitches that might
> occur from using Sid are quickly remedied. (There is a useful script
> available that most of us use to do system upgrades and avoid known
> problems).
>
> Being pure Debian, however, means that non-free multi-media packages are
> not
> included with the Distro but can be added after installation.
>
> I thoroughly recommend it.
>
> Sue.
>
> On Wednesday 09 Jul 2008, Morven Lewis-Everley wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Haven't really posted here before, but I was wondering if anyone had any
> > good experiences with different distro's on Dell laptops?
> >
> > Mine is a Dell Latitude D620, currently running Ubuntu 8.04/XP on dual
> > boot. This is great, except that Ubuntu 8.04 seems to Kernal panic
> whenever
> > it runs on battery power... I have no idea why, but according to there
> > forums, it seems to be happening to more than a few people.
> >
> > At this point I am either going to go back to Ubuntu 7.1 or try something
> > else, but I am not really sure what to go for. Does anyone have any
> > suggestions? Are there any distro's specially for laptops (I have looked,
> > but can't really find anything)?
> >
> > Mo
>
>
>
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