[ltp] Xandros

[joshua timberman]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:41:15 -0500, SOTL <sotl155360@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Point of the DSL issue was I was in the office where we have WiFi which SuSE
> failed to recognize and Mandrake did. SuSE also failed to recognize the
> monitor type and Mandrake did. [...] So here we have a software partner of IBM
> software that fails to recognize IBM hardware. Personally I would give them
> an A for tensity and an F for performance.

I don't recall that you specified your Thinkpad model, or the model of
your wireless adapter.

Regardless - I have installed SuSE 9.2 Professional on a T41 w/ the
builtin Atheros WiFi, and SuSE 9.1 Professional on an A21m w/ a
Netgear WiFi adapter.  The T41 detected the wireless  flawlessly, as
well as the monitor - not only the laptop's LCD, but the external 20"
monitor I have at work, and configuring dual head was a snap after
that.  The wireless card in the A21m was not recognized by SuSE 9.1,
but it was a pretty tricky card to get working (100+ posts on a Linux
Questions forum thread about the card's chipset).  I managed to get it
up and working fine on my WLAN with the ndiswrapper from SuSE and the
Windows driver for the Netgear card. The LCD on the A21m was detected
perfectly as well by SuSE's SaX, even better than the Red Hat 9 I had
installed prior.

My experience with SuSE on Thinkpads is extremely good.  I haven't had
any "show stopping" problems, other than the A21m WiFi, which only
slowed me down at home a bit while I researched the card itself.

Additionally, SuSE 9.2 is probably the most polished
"desktop/workstation user oriented" distribution of Linux I've used
yet.  Fedora core 3 is getting there, though.


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