(I'm replying to my own post in order to include here Nigel's off-list reply:)
On Sunday, 19 February 2006 at 13:54:17 +0200, Nigel Ridley wrote: > Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > So the question is this: > > > >Are there distros that install on laptops with as much success as > >standard net-install does on a desktop? I know that some live cd's > >overcome hardware issues better than the normal install. I > >originally > >arrived at debian via knoppix3.1, for example. I keep seeing ubuntu > >mentioned here. I have reached the point when I would settle for a > >derived system that worked even against my preference to keep all > >machines on debian. > > > >Alternatively/additionally, should I backtrack to a 2.4 kernel? udev > >seems to require a huge amount of tailoring of things that used to > >happen automatically, [...] > > I personally use Kubuntu (Ubuntu but with KDE) on all our computers > here > at home - 4 desktops and a Toshiba laptop. Never had to tweak anything > to work. > The laptop does everything it's meant to do (except the multimedia > buttons - don't use them so never bothered trying, or seeing if they > work) even the scrolling buttons on the 'mouse' and hibernate - when I > close the lid. > > Kubuntu do have a live cd of their latest stable release: > http://kubuntu.org/special-cds.php (for some reason it's in German but > you could still use it to see how your hardware works). I am going to give Ubuntu a try (or Kubuntu -- either way, I'll be using a lighter WM and ignoring the massive one). If the live cd works, I'll either crib its config files and find time to compile a kernel that matches, or more likely just install it. Thanks Nigel. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
