[ltp] Sound on Thinkpad 600

[Nigel Wilkinson]

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--On Friday, March 04, 2005 22:20:34 -0500 JP Shipherd=20
<jpjpjp@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> FYI...I did install Mandrake and sound is working!
>
> The sound wouldn't configure during the install, but after my first boot =
I
> was able to run alsaconf out of the box which scanned the system for the
> ISA sound hardware, found it and set it up pretty painlessly.
>
> So far the biggest difficulty was getting my screen resolution to
> 1024x780, but now that seems to be working.
>
> Just out of curiosity, how different is Mandrake from RedHat?  Will
> certain packages only be available on one distribution or the other?
>

Glad its all working for you.

The best Linux distribution is the one that works for you. In my experience =

some distributions are a bit more "cutting edge" than others so the version =

of programmes provided will be newer. Some people prefer this but if you=20
were running a mission critical server you'd probably want slightly older=20
but well proven versions. If you had built alsa 1.0.6 on your Redhat system =

then the odds are that alsaconf would have done the bis.

One of the things I like about Mandrake is that their mirrors carry a=20
contrib directory that holds "unofficial" packages. Other distros might do=20
this now but didn't if I used them in the past. In my case this means that=20
there are 4 or 5 packages that I don't have to build every time I upgrade.

If you're going to hang around with Mandrake for a while I'd recommend=20
joining the newbie and expert mailing list where you can get answers to=20
questions from people useing the same distro, they're a very helpful bunch.

Details can be found at

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/flists.php3

Finally, if you're going to use it for a while please consider joining the=20
Mandrake Club. This feeds something back to Mandrake so that they can=20
continue and provides some perks. See

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club/

Advert over, and no, I don't work for Mandrake :)

Enjoy
Nigel
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