[TriLUG] SLED reflections?

[Bill Morris]

Tom,
 
  I dual booty SLED 10 SP1 and Vista on my DELL Inspiron E1705,
personal machine. 
 
  I run SLED 10 SP1 on my DELL PC at work as the base OS to 
run VMWare Workstation 6 on.
 
  I run OpenSUSE 10.3 on my IBM Thinkcentre with dual NICs on
separate VLANs and an ATI Radeon X1300 with dual monitors.
 
  SLED is rock solid. It is a corporate level Linux version. OpenSUSE
is Novell's equal to Fedora. Free updates for OpenSUSE.
 
1. SLED 10 SP1 had trouble picking up my Intell 4965AGN wireless
card. I had to use ndiswrapper and a Win XP driver. SLED 10 SP2
fixes that issue. It auto-detects the 4965 with no problem. SP2 is due
out in the next few months.
 
2. The KDE VPN client works great with Cisco VPNs. Very easy 
     to install and configure.
 
3. KDE Network Manager works good for individuals utilizing 
    wireless in several locations. My DELL laptop picks up the
    campus wireless and my home DSL wireless great. It can 
    be configured for auto-connect, etc...
 
4. Desktop cube is cool for people interested in eye candy.
    Can be usefull also for flipping between separate desktops.
 
5. HP Linux Printer software install easily.
 
6. Comes with a Citrix client.
 
7. Comes with Open Office.
 
Just a few things I like about it.
 
Bill Morris

>>> On 4/27/2008 at 12:49 PM, in message <4814AEA2.3020200 at pobox.com>,
Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:

Not to start any jihads, but ... how do folks feel about SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop version 10? Coastal Federal Credit Union has an
affinity program with Lenovo, through which I notice some
reasonable-looking ThinkPads, e.g.

> ThinkPad R61 14.1" widescreen with integrated graphics and Linux
> $642.20
> Free standard shipping
> Spring savings  Save $175 - $265 through April 28.
> Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.0GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)
> SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop version 10
> 14.1 WXGA TFT
> Intel GMA X3100 GM965 w/ 1394
> 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)
> 80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Enhanced

but the linux laptops are all SLED.

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>

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