Hi there, So, I've just installed squeeze on a lenovo x201. I have to say, I am once again, thoroughly disappointed by the experience. When I first installed slink, I started with a pile of floppies and a second computer so that I would have reference to documentation and so on. I had to manually manage IRQ assignments to allow my scsi card and disk to even be seen at all. I had to compile my nic driver on the second machine, copy it over by floppy and insmod it, in order to be able to do a network install. I had to hand-craft an XF86Config, that promptly broke on upgrade to potato. Those were great days. I was worried that this install would have none of the fun I remember from installing Debian, as I have heard rumors that things have become easier, but I had hopes that things would turn out ok in the end. This is a new laptop after all - I was looking forward to VESA mode X (or better yet, none at all), no working peripherals, no functional hotkeys, etc. Supend and resume - hah! That was something I was looking forward to fixing in the coming weeks. But no, you continue to deeply disappoint me. I think the most fun part of the install was typing in my password. To be fair, some of this is not wholly to be blamed on the installer team - the kernel and X teams have their fair share of the blame for this. I know that at least some members of those teams read this list, so hopefully they will see my complaint and correct their erroneous ways. Now I am going to have to spend the next several days actually getting work done instead of making my new laptop vaguely functional. Thanks - you guys rock! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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