Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Sorin, I have installed and used CentOS on laptops just fine. The last two even had the internal wireless work without effort. You may need to do some work to get the wireless functioning okay - NetworkManager seems to help if you use both wired and wireless. For me the advantage of using CentOS is that all machines have the same stuff in the same place, so I do not waste time looking for files and trying to work out how Ubuntu or whatever distro does something. Also, I keep a local mirror of updates so I only need to use bandwidth once to get my updates. I used to use Fedora, but got annoyed at having to do complete updates every 12 ~ 18 months. I'd just try it and see, one can always grab another distro if CentOS is really too difficult to get functioning. Rob -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 196 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090525/12ae5634/attachment-0005.vcf>