On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:32:48AM -0700, Scott Silva wrote: > on 10-30-2008 11:11 AM vandaman2002-rt-/E1597aS9LT10XsdtD+oqA at public.gmane.org > spake the following: > > I have a choice of CentOS 4/5 and Fedora 9 on a laptop. > > I have not use CentOS 5 on a desktop but have used > > CentOS 4 and Fedora 9. I found the Fedora Gnome not > > as appealing as the CentOS 4 clearlooks. Any opinions > > from someone who has used CentOS 4/5 and Fedora? > > > > I'm not a KDE fan so KDE users need not reply. > > > > Regards, > > Vandaman. > > > > > > > First thing is to see if your laptop will support CentOS. That might be the > determining factor. Maybe try the live cd's Check the distro hardware support pages. Wireless? Other hardware like graphics chips? New laptops tend to have new hardware -- F9 or even F10 may be necessary to get rolling with a minimum of effort on new hardware. I tend to work with install media that is about 6 months newer than my hardware based on the assumption that most issues have been resolved. With this in mind enough works well enough that I can fix the remaining bits. I have had to resort to text mode install, USB ethernet hubs, kickstart tricks and more when I stray and get too ambitious. As Scott wrote... try a live CD that may be the fastest way to discover the issues. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new hat, now what?