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I installed Mandrake 10.1 on my Packard Bell iGo4451 laptop recently. All hardware worked immediately except for the ACPI, which I can live wothouth. Even the Bluetooth adapter was picked up. Debian 3 unfortunately didn't pick up on the graphics hardware properly, although I'm sure given time I can hunt down the correct driver(s). Like you, I had similar "which distro" thoughts, but in the end I decided it was far better to just get on and install one of them (mandrake, because it was the "newest") and to get using it. Perhaps the real debate is KDE or GNOME? (or IceWM or fluxbox..) Jeremy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Mandrake 10.1 InstallMandrake just does this for no apparent reason, it's one of mdk's many flaws which ensure I continue to use Gentoo.Well I did consider putting Debian on here, seeing as I was reinstalling anyway, but two (OK Grant.. a few ;) ) things stopped me: 0.5. Haven't burned the ISO to a CD yet.. Oops. 1. Dumb thing. I didn't know if the /home of one distribution would be compatible with another. Logic and gut instinct say of course they are (likening this to the "My Documents" folder in Windows.... upgrading to another version of Windows doesn't kill the ability to read it), but without it being a cast iron certainty, I didn't want to risk losing user data. 2. Mandrake's install is easy. By now I do feel I should be making more headway into other distros to customise the system to a stripped down installation - stripped down in the sense of installing *only* what I want and nothing else- even though Mandrake's package choices do give me that to a certain degree. I feel another distro such as Debian or Gentoo would give me that, but I'm balancing that against loss of productivity on the PC while I struggle to configure a new distro. So the big question is: How difficult ARE other distros to configure compared to Mandrake? I'm not afraid of command lines, or config files *provided* the instructions in the installation are clear cut and I don't end up with a half-installed system wondering what to do next. I can edit fstab, XFConfig-4 and various other files with a *fair* degree of confidence now, but flying blind is not fun :) SuSe's Yast looks similar to Mandrake, would that be a fair comparison? Debian's network install.... I'm on a 1.5Gb cablemodem so speed of connecion is not an issue for a network install. The issue is how difficult the package choices and configuration process is/are. Oh and one other issue with Debian.. I can never remember which release is best and what the names are. I know Sarge is one, and Woody, but which is which, testing stable or what? 3. Which to pick? I know this will get a huge response ;) I'm torn between Fedora, SuSe, Gentoo and Debian. I've downloaded (I think) network installation ISOs for Debian and Suse. With the experience I just had with the Mandrake install I'm worried that they might not find my onboard LAN and would fail to download any packages to install. 4. 64 bit. The laptop is a 64bit Athlon and I'd like to try out something on that. Linuxiso.org is a bit thin on the ground for 64 bit Athlon distros (2 if memory serves me). Any and all input gratefully received :) Kind regards, Julian PS Neil, I resisted the temptation to boot into Windows and send a mail this morning when MDK died and just counted to 20 instead ;) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 03/02/2005 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.
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