[ltp] Which distro will have the best ThinkPad (T60) support?

Florian Manschwetus linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:01:38 +0200


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Brian Smith wrote:
> Between (Open)Suse 10.2 and Ubuntu Edgy Eft, which one is most likely to 
> have the better "out-of-box" experience on a ThinkPad T60 (T2400, ATI 
> X1400)?
> 
> I am trying to decide which Linux distro to choose. I want something 
> that mostly works out of the box on my ThinkPad as much as possible. I 
> am not totally opposed to installing patches and rebuilding kernels, but 
> I would prefer to just hold out for (Open)Suse 10.2 or Ubuntu Edgy Eft 
> if they have everything working out of the box.
> 
> I have a T60 (T2400) with an ATI X1400 graphics chip. Multimedia 
> performance is basically a non-issue for me as long as I can simply 
> watch a DVD with nothing going on in the background--I have no need for 
> advanced sound features or any 3D graphics. My main concerns are power 
> management, and the ability to use VMWare Workstation to effectively 
> host Windows XP Home. Also, I would like Rescue and Recovery to be able 
> to at least restore my Windows partition through the Thinkvantage button 
> in the pre-boot process.
> 
> Regards,
> Brian
> 
when you ask me take gentoo testing in it.
florian

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