[ltp] Preferred distro for Thinkpads?

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On 8/14/05, Michelle Klein-Hass <msgeek@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu was a spectacular failure on my 600x. I tried installing it yester=
day
> and it froze at the GNOME desktop before the icons and menus popped up.
> However, Knoppix booted the system just fine, and Debian Sarge has been s=
weet
> on my 600e.
>=20
> Another possibility is SuSE. SuSE has been rumored to work on ThinkPads r=
ight
> out of the box, and it has been the distro IBM has put on the very few
> ThinkPads they have shipped with Linux. SuSE has gone the way of Fedora a=
nd
> released a "community" version recently. You might want to consider that.
Ubuntu is a roaring success on my A31p, as was Suse.
Also I believe that for a while there Suse was _certified_ to work
with Thinkpads..

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