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Re: Laptop and Distro Recommendations?



I installed Ubuntu on a friend's machine and regretted it.  Ubuntu's package
selection is pathetic.

Libranet once was a great distro...lots of default packages.  If you can find
the sparse 3.0 out there somewhere.  Otherwise go SuSE, or should I say
OpenSuSE.

On 16-Apr-2006 Makaco Loko wrote:
> UBUNTU ou DEBIAN SARGE 3.1
> 
> 2006/4/14, Bob Scofield <scofield@omsoft.com>:
>>
>> Here are two questions.
>>
>> 1)  Is there a laptop brand that is recommended for running Linux?
>>
>> I assume that the answer is "no."  I assume that laptop components are
>> changing so rapidly that if Toshiba is better in January, then Lenovo is
>> better in April.  But are there brands that are generally better than
>> others?
>>
>> 2)  Are there distros that are easier to get running on a laptop then
>> Debian?
>>
>> I was wondering, for example, if there were more drivers in a commercial
>> distro like SuSE that would make it easier to set up for a person like me,
>> who is not all that tech oriented.  I've installed Debian a few times on
>> this
>> desktop, but I have to say that reading the posts on this list really
>> intimidates me.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
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