[ltp] Debian on a 380D

[Tod Harter]

I was just really disturbed by Debian's attitude towards certain software, 
namely KDE. It didn't leave me with a good feeling that they were putting 
user's real needs ahead of some philosophical/political agenda. The only 
other thing is Debian seems to always be way behind in updating packages. Its 
a two-edged sword, but that is one great thing about Mandrake, esp for us KDE 
users out there, they are always close to the current edge of development. 
You can pare it down to a decent size too, and if you use GRUB and don't 
install "aurora" you can get a pretty quick boot. I agree though, Mandrake is 
VERY bloated!!!!

I think ALSA is the way to go for sound. It is quite superior to OSS quality 
wise, and I couldn't get OSS to reliably support my 380D's sound chip anyhow. 
It would just randomly stop working in KDE. Not sure if it was really an OSS 
problem, but ALSA fixed it... 

On Sunday 21 October 2001 07:52, you wrote:
> Hi, I'd just like to say after trying a few distros I am now happy with
> debian. Mandrake was ok, but a bit too bloated and I want something that
> boots up fast (this boots into X in one Minute), Instilation was a
> breeze. Put in the boot floppies, it detected my network card (3com),
> installed itself, then I just had to "apt-get install
> task-x-window-system" and X installed itself. The Global Village
> (Macintosh !!) PCMCIA modem works great. I have yet to get the sound
> working, not sure if I should use OSS or ALSA . I installed SuSE
> Before.. it took up 80% of my 2 gig drive and took minutes to boot up. I
> think laptop owners shoud really consider debian for it's speed and
> lightweightness. :-)
>
> Eadz
>
>
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