Re: Debian vs. Fedora on Laptops
On Saturday 25 December 2004 09:21 pm, Ryan D'Baisse wrote:
> I am looking to move from FC2 to Debian, but have questions...
>
> 2. I have been reading two books, "Linux Pocket Guide," by O'Reilly,
> and "Beginning Linux Programming," by Wrox. Both tend to stress Red
> Hat and Fedora. Will these books still be of use to me on Debian?
>
> 3. My primary machine is a laptop (Toshiba 5005-S507). Most of the
> info I can find on Google, pertaining to laptops, is for Fedora or
> Mandrake. How well does Debian handle laptops? Any URLs would be
> GREATLY appreciated.
http://www.debian.org/doc/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=debian+laptop&btnG=Google+Search
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=debian%20laptop&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wg
>
>
> Thanks, in advance, to anyone who chooses to respond. Again, I have
> tried looking, but keep coming up with tons of info for Fedora and
> Mandrake. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanx,
> Ryan
I would recommend trying Knoppix, Mepis or some other bootable Debian based
distro so that you can see how it looks before installing it.
http://www.knoppix.net/
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462
--
peace,
Alvin Smith
http://www.alvinsmith.com
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