[ltp] Preferred distro for Thinkpads?
Jaime Iniesta
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:38:18 +0200
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Thanks everybody, I'm happy with FC4 despite the fact it takes 2 minutes to=
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start on my PC, due to all the services it starts at boot time.
I'll try Debian on the Thinkpad, not because I'm not happy with FC4, but=20
because I want to try another distro, just to learn about it.
Jaime
2005/8/15, Ignacio Fern=E1ndez Galv=E1n <ybllej@yahoo.es>:
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> Jaime Iniesta, 14-08-2005:
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> > Hi, I'm currently a Fedora Core 4 user on my PC. I'm thinking about
> > trying a
> > different distro on my new Thinkpad R52.
> >
> > I would like to know what distros are you using, and if there is a "bes=
t
> > distro" for Thinkpads. I'm thinking about installing Debian Sarge, mayb=
e
> > Ubuntu.
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> If you are comfortable with FC4 and it works fine to you, don't change it=
,
> keep using FC on your thinkpad to. If you want to experiment new things,
> go on and try Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, Gentoo, Slackware... Don't
> change distribution only because you think it will work better with the
> thinkpad, you can do more with your knowledge than any distro with
> hardware detection ;)
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> Me, I had Mandrake 10.1 on my workstation, and that was what I installed
> on my R51. Everything went fine and I knew exactly how to tweak what I
> didn't like... and I could just copy configuration files between both
> computers. Now I've upgraded to LE2005 and it works even better.
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Thanks everybody, I'm happy with FC4 despite the fact it takes 2
minutes to start on my PC, due to all the services it starts at boot
time.<br>
<br>
I'll try Debian on the Thinkpad, not because I'm not happy with FC4,
but because I want to try another distro, just to learn about it.<br>
<br>
Jaime<br>
<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">2005/8/15, Ignacio Fern=E1ndez Gal=
v=E1n <<a href=3D"mailto:ybllej@yahoo.es">ybllej@yahoo.es</a>>:</span=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,=
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jaime Iniesta, 14-08-2005:<br><br>> Hi, I'm currently a Fedora Core 4 us=
er on my PC. I'm thinking about<br>> trying a<br>> different distro o=
n my new Thinkpad R52.<br>><br>> I would like to know what distros ar=
e you using, and if there is a "best
<br>> distro" for Thinkpads. I'm thinking about installing Debian S=
arge, maybe<br>> Ubuntu.<br><br>If you are comfortable with FC4 and it w=
orks fine to you, don't change it,<br>keep using FC on your thinkpad to. If=
you want to experiment new things,
<br>go on and try Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, Gentoo, Slackware... Don'=
t<br>change distribution only because you think it will work better with th=
e<br>thinkpad, you can do more with your knowledge than any distro with
<br>hardware detection ;)<br><br>Me, I had Mandrake 10.1 on my workstation,=
and that was what I installed<br>on my R51. Everything went fine and I kne=
w exactly how to tweak what I<br>didn't like... and I could just copy confi=
guration files between both
<br>computers. Now I've upgraded to LE2005 and it works even better.<br><br=
><br><br><br>______________________________________________<br>Renovamos el=
Correo Yahoo!<br>Nuevos servicios, m=E1s seguridad<br><a href=3D"http://co=
rreo.yahoo.es">
http://correo.yahoo.es</a><br><br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list hom=
e page is at:<br><a href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listi=
nfo/linux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linu=
x-thinkpad
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br><br>Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=
=E1n planeta<br>email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com<br>jabber: cap=
itanplaneta ARROBA jabberes PUNTO org<br>webs: <a href=3D"http://capitanpla=
neta.blogspot.com/">
http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/</a>
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