Re: Which LINUX

[Bryan Scaringe <bryan.scaringe@computer.org>]

I would stick with debian for the Laptop.
The eason here is that with a laptop, you probably want maximum configurability.

A friend of mine has both regular system and a laptop.  He uses Mandrake for
the regular system, and debian for his laptop.  Seems to work well for him.

Bryan

> an on a desktop at home, simply a "users" setup. I
>>now want to setup a laptop (IBM Thinkpad 600) with a development
>>environment as well as the usual "office like" stuff (StarOffice
>>I'm presuming) to handle the legacy corporate stuff like M$
>>documents and presentations.
>>
>>I could do the debian stuff again, but I wondered if there are
>>other candidates that I should consider. I chose debian for the
>>home box at the recommendation of a friend (who actually did most
>>of the installation for me remotely :).