[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

[Chris Hodgetts]

I run Debian on a Laptop -- 

It's more of a kernel thing more than a disto thing that handles all the
things you are talking about there...

I use 2.6 because it handles all that you are talking about better than
2.4 --   However Suspend is still not supported on most laptops - but
there is software suspend... Never got it going my self...

Compaq Presario 700 (711 AU) 

I run Debain, and work in the City as well..


On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 16:10, Tristan Thomas wrote:
> If the newest Debian release is almost a year old, will I have any problems
> with wifi, dvd burner, touchpad, battery life / cpu frequency?
> 
> Sorry to be a under-educated pain,
> 
> Tristan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeremy Naylor" <jeremy.naylor at r2.co.nz>
> To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> 
> 
> > Peter Jones wrote:
> >
> > > Really new to Linux? Try looking at Xandros Open distribution.
> > > http://www.xandros.com/
> > > Very easy to use and install.
> > > I believe it's based on Debian so once you got comfortable you could
> > > move to the full version of Debian
> > > (which apparently is the One True Operating System) :-)
> >
> > Hey Peter and all,
> >
> > Only apparently though, yeah! Of course! :P ;)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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