Re: easy laptop install?
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:42:26 +0000
Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> wrote:
> On Monday, 20 February 2006 at 8:44:52 +0000, Richard Lyons wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday, 19 February 2006 at 13:54:17 +0200, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> > > Richard Lyons wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > So the question is this:
> > > >
> > > >Are there distros that install on laptops with as much success as
> > > >standard net-install does on a desktop?
>
> > [...]
> > >
> > > I personally use Kubuntu (Ubuntu but with KDE) on all our
computers
> [...]
> > > Kubuntu do have a live cd of their latest stable release:
> > > http://kubuntu.org/special-cds.php (for some reason it's in German
but
> > > you could still use it to see how your hardware works).
> >
> > I am going to give Ubuntu a try (or Kubuntu --
>
> (update)
>
> That did not help. Still no sound, no modem, usb mouse not working...
> It was worth trying and looks like a nice distro, but no better than
> standard debian for the Thinkpad 600E.
>
> Thanks anyway. Now to try to see why nvidia driver will not install
on
> Inspiron 8200, and why k3d wants an openglx engine, whatever that is.
> It's never-ending...
>
> --
> richard
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Have you tried Knoppix (or any of its relatives). It usually recognizes
a wide variety of hardware.
I myself use Kurumin 5.0, which is a Brazilian improvement of
Knoppix based on debian sarge. Too bad it is in Portuguese...
Felipe
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