[HLUG] Which distro for a laptop?

[Si]

I have never run Windows on this laptop only sidux, so I have nothing to 
compare the heat levels with. It gets warm, but not excessively hot. To find 
out if it will suit your laptop, download the distro then burn and run a live 
disc.

Sue.

On Wednesday 09 Jul 2008, Morven Lewis-Everley wrote:
> 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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