which distro is the best for t60

[pharao111]

hi
i'm thinking of changing to linux with my t60 but i'm not sure which distro i should use...
i've got some experiences with the suse but i'm not that sure... you may help me out. besides the usual office works, i would like to be able to use a multi desktop, bcs i'm used to work on multiple screens and then i could use the singular screens for each application... next is that i would like to use my mp3's from itunes so is there any posibility to use them aswell (asking bcs of the apple format) and then i wanna also be able to watch some divx stuff when i'm on travel,... so what would you prefer me?change or wait till winVista is out...
thanks for the replies

[Jedacite]

I'm not sure if there really is a best distribution for the T60, my preferred distributions has always been Fedora Core and Ubuntu (currently I prefer Ubuntu over Fedora Core.)

In terms of what works, everything that I need has worked out of the box with Ubuntu, here is a list of the things I have working (Others may or probably do, I just haven't used them):

- Bluetooth
- Intel Pro Wireless
- Sound
- ATI Radeon x1300

I have the T60-2623D6U, with Ubuntu Edgy 6.10 loaded.

I've heard that the fingerprint reader and hotswapping of the ultra-bay works too although I have no idea if it works by default or if there are any packages for them in Ubuntu (the ultra-bay is a recent addition, apparently insertion detection was working before.)

In terms of iTunes, and Divx, I know that Linux will support the Divx (and other formats) of movies and a lot of audio formats. I've never used iTunes so I have no idea whether Linux has a media player for it. Chances are though, I would guess that you would be able to play them in Ubuntu if you can play them in Linux.

[dfumento]

SLED 10/KDE is the official version for IBM T60p. It works well with my X60s.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=31975