[ltp] Recomendations on the "best" distribution for TP

[Robert Nicholson]

Did RH ship RedHat 7.x with LMSensors active? That would have been a bit of
a mistake. I'd rather have a Mandrake kernel that doesn't support mice than
one that has LMSensors.

Right now I have MAndrake 8 with mouse support, framebuffer etc working on
my Thinkpad a21p pretty well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> [mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Adam
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 6:21 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Recomendations on the "best" distribution for TP
>
>
> Ive ran Debian and Progeny on the TP for some time now
> Debian runs GREAT, Progeny runs good as well, I havent used my TP lately
> due to the fact that I have a work machine (running Progeny) now that was
> its replacement. Progeny has a X based install (for beginners to the
> Linux OS), and a good hardware detection system, as comes with X4, which
> is also a Excellent feature. I don't think you would have any trouble
> installing/running it even if you've never touched Linux.
>
> Although redhat is knowen to be "Better for beginners" its (IMHO) Only for
> beginners, and has its security problems... Plus the RH7+LMSensors
> problem.
>
> (This wasent to Flame RH, im just telling oppinion, and fact based by my
> experiences with RH, Debian, and Progeny.)
>
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Paul Timmins wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 13:20:02 -0400
> > From: Paul Timmins <paul@timmins.net>
> > Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> > To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] Recomendations on the "best" distribution for TP
> >
> > Using progeny, loving it.
> > -Paul
> >
> > "Felix E. Klee" wrote:
> >
> > > I too use Debian and I like it very much. However, the
> problem with the
> > > current stable release (Potato) is that it doesn't include and support
> > > Kernel 2.4 and XFree 4. I had to manually install both in
> order to get a
> > > decent display driver and to get my PCMCIA modem working.
> This might not
> > > be easy for a beginner to LINUX (even if you are a UNIX expert) and
> > > therefore I would like to point out that there is a commercial dialect
> > > of Debian, called Progeny Debian, which is created by a
> company founded
> > > by Ian Murdock (the founder of Debian!). I have never installed this
> > > distribution so far but as stated on www.progeny.com it does support
> > > kernel 2.4 and Xfree 4. Perhaps you should try this one because it
> > > includes the superior Debian packaging system and you might not waste
> > > that much time trying to update your system with pieces from the
> > > unstable branch of Debian.
> > >
> > > Felix
> > >
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