>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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. -- /Sorin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5106 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090526/b5464afe/attachment-0005.bin>