I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 running Debian 3.1 unstable. I had very little issues installing and everything works except for the modem wich I have no tried to get working. You can read more about my installation at http://greg.silosoft.org On Friday 14 April 2006 10:21, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 01:08:04PM -0400, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote: > >>> 2) Are there distros that are easier to get running on a laptop then > >>> Debian? > >> > >> Ubuntu... > > > > I'm agree. Ubuntu is easy to get running on a laptop, but debian etch > > is easy too. I have debian etch on my laptop and it's incredible. > > Debian etch has all new software. > > Not sure what the Ubuntu folks know that the Debian ones don't, but my > recent experience has been that Ubuntu is better at installing that > Etch.... > > At least with my most recent attempt on a Fujitsu P7120, Ubuntu installed > fairly easily except for a few post install hardware support issues, > whereas the latest Etch/Testing (downloaded about two days ago) aborted the > install because it failed to auto-detect the CD/DVD drive :-/ > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin > digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- Greg Ryman Network Engineering Supervisor Candylogic, LLC. gregr@candylogic.com Phone: 949-916-4444 ext. 203
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