On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 13:02 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
At Mon, 25 May 2009 12:35:02 -0400 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Probably not the best distro for Laptops, but many people on this list are using CentOS on their laptops.
So what's considered to be the "best" choice for laptops? I understand mileage may vary and so on, but I think there might maybe be a general consensus at least?
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Not likely on this list. More likely, a "preponderance", maybe even a "majority", but I wouldn't be surprised if even those aren't achieved. BTW, "general" is redundant with "consensus".
I'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker or writer.
Ok, so what would you guys suggest using on a laptop, if CentOS was not an option? I read in an earlier post where somebody suggested chosing distro based on the hardware. Suppose this hardware is a Dell Latitude a few years old, with no built-in wifi, but rather either a Dlink DFE-680TXD or a 3com 3CRWE154G72.
What do you mean a few years old? I have 2 Dell Latitude LS's that work work fine out of the box with CentOS 4.7 and 5.3. They barely meet the i686 cutoff date.
What is the 'i686 cutoff date'?
--- Hmm P2 450MHz is what is on my 2 laptops. So I think Pentium Pro and above for Intel and the Original Athlon and above for Athlon.
JohnStanley