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

[Robert Nicholson]

I cannot get alsa working on my a21p with MAndrake but the kernel driver
stuff does work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> [mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Dean Hedin
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:36 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Recomendations on the "best" distribution for TP
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> I wish all the distros would get the sound config/setup resolved.
> (just had to get that off my chest!)
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> I was impressed with RedHat 7.1.  Nice to have a Laptop install
> class.  I would like a seperate submenu after I select an install class
> to even further trim the installation without having to select packages
> individually.
> (i.e, if I select laptop, I may not want printer or network support).
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> I see the lm-sensor issue as a "bug" in lm-sensors, not with any
> particular
> distro.  BTW, this is not an issue with RH7.1 and the 600e so long as
> you do not run it.  It's easy to see what happened here, KDE has
> the dependancy
> of lm-sensors, and since most new motherboards have some sort of
> built in health monitoring it was included.  We TP owners are just on the
> edge of the bell curve.  So speak up and bitch to the lm-sensors author!
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> On the flip side, I like Mandrake on "non laptop" machines.  Although
> it seems that the 8.0 release was rushed a bit.
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