On 08/17/2013 06:42 PM, Andrew Wyatt wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:37 AM, carlopmart <carlopmart at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 17/08/13 12:03, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: >>> Hey there, >>> >>> CentOS is using what kernel? 2.x?? >>> which was not designed to work with newer hardware but Fedora works fine >>> with it. >>> If you need specific functions like EMAIL WEB etc take a look at the >>> latest stable Fedora and go back one version and test it. >>> I am using Fedora(18) on a very old MSI (5 years or more) and it works >>> nice but not as fast as newer basic desktop corei3. >>> I assume that Fedora will work on basic laptop chipsets. >>> they do have compatibly list: >>> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HCL/Machines/Laptops >>> >>> if you can know what is the chipset on each card like atheros broadcom >>> intel nvidia ati etc you can make sure that the OS will work with it. >>> my desktop has a ATI card so it's suppose to be compatible with Fedora. >>> >>> Did you considered other OS for the machine? >>> >> >> Fedora is not an option for me, due to: >> >> - It is a bleeding-edge distro (stability is most important) >> - VMware Workstation doesn't works out of the box >> - EOL for every release is too short >> >> >> If I can't install CentOS, the other only OS option is Debian. >> >> > There are a few repos out there with kernel 3.4.x for CentOS 6 including > the CentOS Xen-c6 repo (http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/xen-c6/x86_64/RPMS/) and > my personal repo at SF (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuduntu-el/). > > Kernel 3.4 may give you the support you need, and also keep compatibility > with VMWare Workstation. Worth evaluating before giving up. ElRepo has 3.10 kernels. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant