[Cialug] Linux on Laptop

[ajeffri at loopysite.org]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:00:06PM -0500, Dan Hockey wrote:
> frankie wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >    
> >    Just got hold of a IBM Thinkpad 390X and am deciding what to put 
> >on it. I have to put Win2K on it for work and school, but II have the 
> >back half of a 20 Gb drive to install Linux on. Looks like parts are 
> >pretty common, nothing exotic. Any suggestions on which distro is 
> >going to work best? Thanks!
> >
> >Irv Robison
> >IRVNET
> >Netphone: 515-309-1951
> >Cell: 515-720-7618
> >frankie at raccoon.com <mailto:frankie at raccoon.com>
> >www.irvnet.us
>
> Mandrake 9.2 worked  just fine on the ibm that I had. pick a distro and 
> give it a try.
> -dh

I've been using Suse 9.3 on my (older, pentium 2) Dell laptop. The deciding
factors for me were correct detection of the sound and Atheros-based
wireless card. 

-- 
Tony Jeffries