[Nottingham] any thoughts on distros?

[Bob Winter]

I also have a Toshiba laptop running Mdk 9.2, totally painless install. 
Everything recognised out of the box (including internal Wifi) except 
Winmodem.

Bob Winter

Iain Lennon wrote:

>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:
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>>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
>>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>[mailto:nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]De la part de Craig Nelson
>>Envoyé : samedi 3 janvier 2004 18:00
>>À : nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>Objet : [Nottingham] any thoughts on distros?
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>>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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