[ltp] T42 and Debian Sarge

Josh Battles linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:56:16 -0500 (CDT)


Bob Hentges said:
> Marcus Hagn wrote:
>> I would recommend to install Ubuntu Linux. I had very good experience
>> installing it on my X40, so I do not about the details for the T42.
>> But for me almost everything worked out of the box. Only very view
>> minor tweaks were needed to get an optimal cofigured device.
>> And since I am also coming from the Debian world, there is the
>> additional advantage, that this is basically a Debian system, where I
>> know my ways around.
>
> That is exactly what happened to me. Up to this day, I haven't found a
> single point in which I could criticize Ubuntu. It works just fine,
> discovered and configured all of the hardware, but the fingerprint reader.

Wow, it discovered everything and it "just worked?"  That's amazing.  I may
have to look more into Ubuntu.

>From a user/administrator standpoint, what's different between ubuntu and
debian?  Is it anything that I'll notice?

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