[HLUG] Which distro for a laptop?

[Morven Lewis-Everley]

I am waiting for the new version, with larger screen and more HDD space (I
believe it is the 901). Might get one then.

Also, since when do PC world not overcharge?



On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Matt Jones <matt at mattjones.me.uk> wrote:

> The EEE is very nice, but PC world are overcharging for it. You can pick up
> the 4G version, with webcam, 4Gb Drive and a bigger battery for around the
> same price online.
>
> I am very happy with mine, I have had it since November last year and I
> find
> it incredibly useful.
>
> Mj
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:27 PM, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com <
> dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > my laptop came with clever stuff
> > to slow the processer down if its not needed,
> > eg when typing,
> > i doubt a standard linus would have the drivers for that,
> > but i dont know how their drivers work...
> >
> > saw a white asus eepc for £199.99 in pcworld hereford,
> > looks very nice,
> > 2G of which  1466MB is OS,
> > still the 430MB left is equivalent to 400 floppies,
> > and it takes a flash card too!
> >
> >                  [george]
> >
> > ~                      [g]                         ~
> > ~        george at dicenews.com      ~
> > ~               07970 378 572            ~
> > ~         www.dicegeorge.com        ~
> > ~                     (c)2008                  ~
> > ~                                                   ~
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Si" <si2033 at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:59 PM
> > To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >
> > Subject: Re: [HLUG] Which distro for a laptop?
> >
> >
> >  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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