[TriLUG] 1.2.3.4. I declare a distro war...

[Jaimie Livingston]

I would be interested in that write up. I'm considering Knoppix on a scratch built desktop
that I can't seem to get Fedora, Mandrake, or SuSE to install on. All three tend to lock
the system hard during the hardware detection portion of the install, but Knoppix boots,
loads, and runs beautifully. Go figure.

Jaimie

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 6:16 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] 1.2.3.4. I declare a distro war...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:37:40PM -0400, Dave Sorenson wrote:
> > I understand and acknowledge this is throwing gasoline on a 
> forest fire, but
> > I feel <EVIL GRIN> mischievous </EVIL GRIN> today. I'm 
> finally ready to dual
> > boot my new Compaq laptop, gotta keep XP so I'm looking for 
> good dual boot
> > behavior. (I know XP is the bratty kid in my dual boot 
> classroom, but I need
> > a distro that will coexist as well as it can). Good 
> hardware support is
> > tops, Knoppix finds all the hardware except the Broadcom 
> wireless, I'll use
> > NDIS wrapper for that.
> 
> I've got a write up on how I did Knoppix and XP on a new 
> Toshiba.  I'll
> send it or publish it on the web if you want it.
> > 
> > My question given the power/special hibernate/ handle M$XP 
> shenanigans, what
> > is the best distro to load on a modern laptop? 
> 
> Linux is behind in power management.  Using the 2.6 kernel 
> compiled for 
> APCI is the way to go.  There is a relatively new HOWTO written by 
> Emma H. from the Debian list.  I read it but did not do it.  IIRC it
> was well written and Emma seems like high-watter.  I'd be interested
> in your success.  Extra effort for power management on laptop is
> responsible for me not reinstalling LInux on my Toshiba when is came
> back from mobo replacement.  
> 
> Repeat after me: Knoppix is not Debian.  You may want to convert
> Knoppix to Sid/Unstable to get yourself aligned to the Debians.  It 
> helps when you post to the list. 
> > 
> > Not asking for flames, just honest opinions.
> 
> You threw the match and chased it with foam?  How much fun is that?
> -- 
> Mike
> 
> Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.
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