[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop OS

[Kevin Hulse]

--- Dennis Myhand <dmyhand at cox-internet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 04:07, Harshal Vaidya wrote:
> > Which Distro would you guys recommend for a
> Laptop. I
> > am looking for a most laptop friendly process.
> > 
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Something like Mandrake will be remarkably more
automated than any "classic style" distro such
as Debian or Slackware. Mandrake/Suse/Fedora are
specifically targeted for your sort of interests.
Debian/Slackware are not.

> 
> I have used Libranet 2.7 classic (Debian-based) and
> Slackware 9.1 on an
> old 366MHz Celeron laptop with 128 Megs of memory
> and a 20 gig HD.  I
> had no problems with either of them installing.  The
> only problem was
> they did not detect and setup the built-in winmodem
> (No surprise there,
> really).  Either should work fine and are available
> for download.  HTH,
> Dennis in Victoria
> 
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