[ltp] MEPIS linux and TP a22p

[Harry Mangalam]

Just one data point for those looking for a decent distro.  Just tried the MEPIS 
distro on the a22p (1600x1200) and it's one of the most elegant  and useful yet. 
  Like Knoppix, it boots into a live system, but with the ability to install the 
system onto the target machine.  It does so with virtually no extra questions - 
almost all config is done after the initial install, so you're not wading thru 
screen after screen of config info.

Also, it has a minimal installation base (only 1 CD required), so you only 
install what you want after the base, no massive installations of 
what-the-^%$-does-that-do??!? sw cluttering your disk.

And it's based on Debian sid/unstable, which is what a lot of my 
colleagues/co-workers want to be at, so it saves a dist-upgrade step.

That said, it installed on the laptop with few problems - no queries about the 
display, mouse, sound, wireless lan, anything, but everything came up working 
(including eth0 and wlan).  The one thing that did not seem to work was sleep, 
but I've never had that work out of the box yet.

All in all, a highly commendable distro.

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Cheers, Harry
Harry J Mangalam - 949 856 2847 (v&f) - hjm@tacgi.com
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