On Friday, 24 October 2003 21:29, stefmit wrote: > 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 I dont have any probs on an el-cheapo aopen, p4 1.7ghz running 9.2 cooker
Regards Steve
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