[ltp] X40...Fedora Core 3 or Suse 9.2?

[Kenneth Papp]

Thanks to all for your suggestions.  Here's the order I am going to try:

1) Suse 9.2 Pro
2) MEPIS 2004.06
3) Ubuntu
4) Fedora Core 3

I think I should be able to get one of these to work!  ;-)

joshua timberman wrote:

>I totally forgot to respond to your laundry list in my other post.
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>On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:32:43 -0900, Kenneth Papp <kpapp@gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
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>>comments from anyone using Suse 9.2 Pro or FC3 on their X40 regarding:
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>>1) Intel Pro 2100 wifi card
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>No experience with this particular card.  My T41 has an Atheros card
>and I had to download madwifi on Fedora Core 3 to get it to work.  It
>worked perfectly out of the box with SuSE 9.2 though.  Your mileage
>may vary with your card, however.
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>>2) Suspend to disk/RAM (lid open/close and/or Fn keys)
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>The Fedora Core 3 default kernel doesn't have APM support compiled in.
> I haven't tried making this work yet.  I never used SuSE 9.2 anywhere
>but my desk at work, so I was always plugged in.
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>>3) Battery life
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>I can get about 4 hours out of the battery in Fedora.  See above for
>SuSE (plugged in).
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>>4) External monitor support
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>Supported damn near perfectly in Fedora.  I did the install at home
>where I didn't have an external monitor to use.  I took it to work and
>plugged in my 20" monitor, and found the option to use it as a dual
>head display easily, and configured it as fast as I did under Windows.
>The SuSE took a bit of fidgeting with the X config, but I think thats
>a difference between x.org and XFree86. I just remember getting dual
>head displays on my SuSE install was more difficult than I thought it
>should have been.
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>Either way, if you choose Fedora, SuSE or something else, good luck
>and enjoy it! :)
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