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| Sparky |
 Aug 14 2005, 08:11 AM
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Mahna Mahna!  Group: Members Posts: 1,134 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Spencer, MA Member No.: 847  |
So I've got this spare Thinkpad T23, they are cheap on eBay, and wanted to run something lite and not resource intensive for using out in the garage. I decided on Linux, but trying to get any of the bigger name distro's to install was a pain in the a$$.... I spent several hours trying RedHat and suSe and Slackware. It would literally take the better part of a day to get anything running half stable but with quirky xwindows problems. Then I found Ubuntu...Very nice and easy to install distro, it's one of those Live CD versions so you can run off of the cd to test it out before doing the install. In all it probably took 30 minutes to install and has been running smoothly without any issue for about 24 hours now. I haven't tweeked the kernel yet but it self installed and configured ON A LAPTOP! That is almost of unheard of in the Linux world.
Ok done geeking out... back to grinding rust (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) My best, Mike D. |
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| cha914 |
Aug 14 2005, 12:26 PM
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MUSR 8 - 5lug conversion done wed - drive 500miles thrus Group: Members Posts: 739 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 63 |
I am running Fedora core 3 on a Dell D600 laptop, only took a couple hours to install, and has been running great for over 6mo. The only thing that took some tweeking was getting the internal wireless to work properly, but I have heard they have fixed that in the recent releases.
Oh and Fedora isn't a redhat product per se, rather they are a joint operation. Fedora was a fork from RedHat when redhat announced that they were going to the pay only model. Well, fedora got so popular that Redhat offered them space on their servers and some other bennies in exchange for helping them test new goodies before they got added to the newest Redhat releases. Some people dont like fedora any more because they don't like the close tie to RedHat, but I have no problem with them and they have good support on the forums and I have had grest success so far. Good to hear about Ubantu, I will have to check them out also... 914's and linux geeks ... who knew (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) Tony |
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Sparky OT: Linux Distro on Laptop Aug 14 2005, 08:11 AM
Verruckt Have you tried Fedora? Really good hardware detect... Aug 14 2005, 09:21 AM Sparky Hmm haven't tried fedora (isn't it a redha... Aug 14 2005, 09:47 AM tat2dphreak I always liked mandrake... when it comes to ease o... Aug 14 2005, 10:10 AM Brando PHLAK is my laptop friend.
Other option was the l... Aug 14 2005, 12:54 PM Brando Aug 14 2005, 12:56 PM cnavarro Fedora- one of my friends from college spent the w... Aug 14 2005, 01:44 PM tat2dphreak I use unix daily, linux is an obvious choice... to... Aug 14 2005, 02:02 PM
bd1308 I use debian.....well then again, I'm more of ... Aug 14 2005, 02:19 PM |
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