Quick Poll: Fedora - Ubuntu - Others
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phool@round
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Arch Linux 0.8 Voodoo - R50 main tryout tool, T43 main linux dev box, X20, X21, 240X(dual boot XPP), 770X, 570, 570E.
Vector 5.8 SOHO - T42(dual boot Vista), X23.
Lunar (Moose Drool) - X24(dual boot XPP).
Knoppix 5 hd install - T23(dual boot Vista).
Elive 1.5/PC BSD/Desktop BSD/Ark - T23(quad-boot play tool).
Solaris 7 X86 - 760ED.
DSL - 760E/XL.
Yellow Dog, Aurora, Solaris 10, Mac OS X -T/L, mOnOwall/slickwall, Cisco IOS, Slack, Deb, HPUX 11i, Gentoo, DSL and several others installed and maintained througout my kindom.
I'm a Unix Sys Admin for HP, what else would I be doing in my free time....besides posting? I duh no either.....
Vector 5.8 SOHO - T42(dual boot Vista), X23.
Lunar (Moose Drool) - X24(dual boot XPP).
Knoppix 5 hd install - T23(dual boot Vista).
Elive 1.5/PC BSD/Desktop BSD/Ark - T23(quad-boot play tool).
Solaris 7 X86 - 760ED.
DSL - 760E/XL.
Yellow Dog, Aurora, Solaris 10, Mac OS X -T/L, mOnOwall/slickwall, Cisco IOS, Slack, Deb, HPUX 11i, Gentoo, DSL and several others installed and maintained througout my kindom.
I'm a Unix Sys Admin for HP, what else would I be doing in my free time....besides posting? I duh no either.....
Last edited by phool@round on Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
R50/52, X20/21/23/24, T23/42/43, 240X, 570, 570E, 770X, 4 760's. + MAC's & SUN's
Always and forever Slackware.
That said I don't have access to any of my CDs so at the
moment openSUSE 10.2 is on the T21.
Installed via InstLux which was a bit scary considering all the
info I've read of people accidently installing Linux over their
existing Windows.
I so much wanted to try my Solaris Express Developer Edition
but it never made it past displaying the SunOS kernel version.
I guess 512MB RAM isn't enough?
Marc
That said I don't have access to any of my CDs so at the
moment openSUSE 10.2 is on the T21.
Installed via InstLux which was a bit scary considering all the
info I've read of people accidently installing Linux over their
existing Windows.
I so much wanted to try my Solaris Express Developer Edition
but it never made it past displaying the SunOS kernel version.
I guess 512MB RAM isn't enough?
Marc
T21 (2647-4BU) - PIII 800 MHz - 512MB RAM - Seagate Momentus 60GB HDD - Win XP Pro SP3
3Com Mini PCI Ethernet/56K - Dynex DX-E201 USB 2.0 2-port PC card
On Dock II: Fujitsu 30GB HDD, PNY Quadro NVS 280 64MB, Dual 19" LCD Monitors - Slackware Linux 12.2
3Com Mini PCI Ethernet/56K - Dynex DX-E201 USB 2.0 2-port PC card
On Dock II: Fujitsu 30GB HDD, PNY Quadro NVS 280 64MB, Dual 19" LCD Monitors - Slackware Linux 12.2
Can I change my answer?
With the recent release of PCLinuxOS MinIMe 2008, I have now switched back to PCLinuxOS. I now proclaim PCLinuxOS the top of the heap. (On my hardware at least
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Been using Ubuntu 7.10 on my Acer and TP for about 2 weeks now..
It's been a very pleasant surprise. Unlike the dozen or so other times I've tried Linux this time the sleep/standby works flawlessly.
And a laptop without standby is useless.
The restricted driver set-up is handy too. Especially in setting up the wireless.
I've logged into Windows maybe once in the past 2 weeks...
On my Acer I installed Suse 10.3 also.. Nice, but not as user friendly as Ubuntu, and the standby doesn't work 100% either...
It's been a very pleasant surprise. Unlike the dozen or so other times I've tried Linux this time the sleep/standby works flawlessly.
And a laptop without standby is useless.
The restricted driver set-up is handy too. Especially in setting up the wireless.
I've logged into Windows maybe once in the past 2 weeks...
On my Acer I installed Suse 10.3 also.. Nice, but not as user friendly as Ubuntu, and the standby doesn't work 100% either...
1 T23 1.13 Mhz.SXGA+..512 RAM..Built in Wireless
1 T23 1.13 Mhz..256 RAM...
1 600e that now a 600x(500Mhz) with 256 RAM
1 600x(500 Mhz) with 327 Ram
1 600x upgraded to 600Mhz with 256 RAM
1 T23 1.13 Mhz..256 RAM...
1 600e that now a 600x(500Mhz) with 256 RAM
1 600x(500 Mhz) with 327 Ram
1 600x upgraded to 600Mhz with 256 RAM
Debian Etch on 600X and T23. I have tried:
1. [censored] small linux, puppy linux, ubuntu 7.10 on 600X and was not happy.
2. ubuntu 7.10, suse on T23 but found debian etch to be the most stable one with less problems.
I have discs for PCOS linux and xandros, will be trying them on these machines sometime soon.
1. [censored] small linux, puppy linux, ubuntu 7.10 on 600X and was not happy.
2. ubuntu 7.10, suse on T23 but found debian etch to be the most stable one with less problems.
I have discs for PCOS linux and xandros, will be trying them on these machines sometime soon.
Now: T60 2613-EKU | T23 2647-9NU | 600X 2645-9FU | HP 100LX
Past: X31 2673-Y13 | T41 2374-3HU | T22 2647-AEU
Rules of the road
Past: X31 2673-Y13 | T41 2374-3HU | T22 2647-AEU
Rules of the road
dual booting winxp and ubuntu 7.10 on my x60. working quite well so far.
pretty much everything working out of the box. extra fixes got the middle scroll button working (though scrolling left or right actually sends a "back" or "forward" command to firefox), as well as all my logitech mouse buttons (yes, ALL buttons configurable, especially on my MX Revolution). dual screen (with different resolutions using extended screen) works too, but requires a bit of fiddling around everytime i insert the x60 onto a dock and boot the computer.
i've been holding back on actually sticking with linux until now, and the reason is that enough of the above mentioned things are working now.
pretty much everything working out of the box. extra fixes got the middle scroll button working (though scrolling left or right actually sends a "back" or "forward" command to firefox), as well as all my logitech mouse buttons (yes, ALL buttons configurable, especially on my MX Revolution). dual screen (with different resolutions using extended screen) works too, but requires a bit of fiddling around everytime i insert the x60 onto a dock and boot the computer.
i've been holding back on actually sticking with linux until now, and the reason is that enough of the above mentioned things are working now.
X220 Windows 7 Pro, X60 - 1709-7HU Ubuntu 9.10 + Ultrabase X6, X61t - 7764-CTO Windows 7 32b Ultimate + Ultrabase X6, , 19" Sony - SDM-HS95/B, Logitech MX Revolution, Logitech Dinovo Cordless keyboard and mouse, IBM Model M (1390131)
debian pure on my t23, and my home desktop. mepis on my fiances laptop. i use to use mandrake (back before it was mandriva) and i wont use ubuntu becuase of the way it rolls out distros, basically they pull out a full set of the apt repository every 6 months and patch off of it, this breaks debian compatibility, no other debian based distro breaks compatibility. besides Mepis is more user friendly and nicer to look at then ubuntu.
honestly one of my favorite look-and-feel distros is Elive, it is also debian based and uses enlightenment WM.
honestly one of my favorite look-and-feel distros is Elive, it is also debian based and uses enlightenment WM.
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