[ltp] Great distro to try

nico linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:02:41 +0200


Connor Behan wrote:
> For the past 2 years I've been using Ubuntu and most of my friends who 
> were Linux users said that at my skill level, I would be crazy to try 
> something harder... but I did anyway. If you are looking for a change 
> I highly recommend Archlinux www.archlinux.org 
> <http://www.archlinux.org>. It requires some manual setup in almost 
> every aspect but I find it very thinkpad friendly. There are several 
> pages in the wiki about configuring it for certain thinkpads, it 
> always uses a rolling release and if you have an old graphics card 
> (like my 8MB Rage Mobility M3) DRI/GLX and compositing may still work. 
> Those never worked for me in Ubuntu but once I took the proper steps 
> in Arch, it was no problem.
>
> Sorry if this sounds like a waste of an e-mail I just thoguht I should 
> put that out there for those who are interested.
>
> -- 
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If you would harder than ubuntu try debian who work with apt-get and 
it's lighter than ubuntu
if you want help for debian mail me

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