In anticipation of the "early bird pre-order" MDK 9.2 package arrival, I am also looking into indulging myself with a new laptop (the one I have right now is running 9.1, but it is at a stage where it can hardly manage all the stuff I want) ... so, the obvious formal step I thought of taking (instead of the twisted roads of http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ and the likes) was to go directly to THE VENDOR site, and look for hardware support. Surprise?!? http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 does not have one single item listed as having been tested ("green"), let alone "certified" ("star"). Are these guys serious about it? You want to be in the OS selling business, and you do not have one single mobile device guaranteed to run this?!? All the laptops listed "have been reported" as working. I know I won't expect more if I were to download and build myself the Linux kernel ... but an official distribution?!?
Anyway - besides the above - that may end up as just one of those unanswerable questions_rants ;) - does anybody on this list have a positive experience with 9.2 on a very recent / higher end model of laptop (and which one, of course)? I am not interested in a "desktop" (i.e. office apps) utilization type, but rather networking and security tools usage (tcpdump, snort, ntop, sniffers of all sorts ([t]ethereal), nmap, iptraf, bing, fping, hping, etherape, tcpflow, kismet, swatch, nessus, nagios, and on, and on ...), with support for VMWare, of course - if that helps narrowing down the options (i.e. translated in good integrated NIC, good Wi-Fi integrated one, etc.), TIA, Stef
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