[ltp] Great distro to try
nico
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:02:41 +0200
Connor Behan wrote:
> For the past 2 years I've been using Ubuntu and most of my friends who
> were Linux users said that at my skill level, I would be crazy to try
> something harder... but I did anyway. If you are looking for a change
> I highly recommend Archlinux www.archlinux.org
> <http://www.archlinux.org>. It requires some manual setup in almost
> every aspect but I find it very thinkpad friendly. There are several
> pages in the wiki about configuring it for certain thinkpads, it
> always uses a rolling release and if you have an old graphics card
> (like my 8MB Rage Mobility M3) DRI/GLX and compositing may still work.
> Those never worked for me in Ubuntu but once I took the proper steps
> in Arch, it was no problem.
>
> Sorry if this sounds like a waste of an e-mail I just thoguht I should
> put that out there for those who are interested.
>
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If you would harder than ubuntu try debian who work with apt-get and
it's lighter than ubuntu
if you want help for debian mail me
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