On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of William L. Maltby Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
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?
^^^^^^^^^
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.
JohnStanley
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:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of William L. Maltby Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
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?
^^^^^^^^^
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'?
JohnStanley
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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:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of William L. Maltby Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
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?
^^^^^^^^^
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
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of JohnS Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 6:35 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
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.
Not sure how old it is either. I got it from wife's work, as they were to throw it away; "...not fast enough...". I salvaged it, and it seems to work fine with Windows. It wasn't my intention to keep Windows on it though. Anyway, I'd say it's somewhere between 3-5 years old. It's a cheapo plasticky Dell with an Intel P3/1600 and 256-512MB RAM, no built-in wifi, which places it in approx 2005, give or take a few years up or down.
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