[Nottingham] any thoughts on distros?

[Iain Lennon]

I have what looks like the same laptop running Mandrake 9.2. The only 
difficulty I've had is that you may need to make some pcmcia config changes 
so that the sound works. Otherwise seems to be a very good match. Happy to be 
of any help.
Iain Lennon

On Monday 05 Jan 2004 20:19, Robert Macaraeg wrote:
> I have doing some research on dumping MS windows and installing linux on a
>
> Dell Latitude notebook P2 300Mhz, w/128Mb RAM and a 6Gb, that I will be
> getting soon.
>
> It looks like it Libranet has many good recommendations like the previous
> post and this article (http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5274) and no
> major detractors.  I am new at using linux and will be trying to install it
> as soon the CDs arrive. I was just going to reformat the head drive with
> whipe MS windows off the computer and then do an install. I will be buying
> some books for new users to Linux to help during the transition soon. I
> plan to join the Linux users group next month (can not attend due to work
> conflict). Any other helpful tips? After reading what MS has in store for
> users with the digital rights issues, it gave me the willies. Time to
> switch. Cheers,
> Bob
>
> Bunter Matthew <matthew.bunter at renaultvi.com> wrote:
> Craig,
>
> Libranet is my distro of choice after trying RH, Suse, Mandrake and an
> attempt with Debian (Libranet is Debian made easier BTW). Mike Leuty on
> this list also uses it - he would be able to answer the more technical
> questions better than I can. The latest versions have to be paid for but
> you get a polished result. One of my favourite aspects was that IceWM is
> the default WM. Fast, unobtrusive and keyboard friendly. An older version
> of Libranet is available for free download though.
>
> One downside (from my point of view) is the mix of stable, testing and
> unstable packages. I have my sources list to point to stable now after
> being burnt by Evolution. Maybe more experienced Debian users don't have
> this problem but it certainly caused me pain.
>
> My experience with RPM left a sour taste. However I understand that up2date
> and other tools now give the same reliability to RPM that apt, aptitude,
> dselect and Synaptic have.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt
>
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> [mailto:nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]De la part de Craig Nelson
> Envoyé : samedi 3 janvier 2004 18:00
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> Objet : [Nottingham] any thoughts on distros?
>
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Am currently using SuSE 8.1 but am wanting to try something more
> community based. I am currently toying with installing Fedora and Libranet.
>
> If anyone has any experience of these or can suggest others for me to
> look into I would be very grateful
>
> yours
>
> Craig
>
>
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Iain Lennon
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