One thing you could try, at least with some of the distributions, is to download and burn a live CD. That way you can try booting off it on your laptop, see if your hardware works better, and if so, you can then install the full version.
You can now read AND write NTFS partitions, at least in Ubuntu. You just need to install the ntfs-3g package, and change the partition type in your fstab. It's probably available for Suse as well. Ramon Casha On Tuesday 23 January 2007 20:29, Graham Petley wrote: > Hallo, > > This may seem a stupid question, but what difference is there between > the different Linux distributions? I currently run Suse 10.1 and KDE on my > laptop, and have DVD's for Suse 10.2 and Ubuntu Edgy Eft. Is it worth > updating or switching disti? > > I'm not that happy with Suse because the PCMCIA slot doesn't work (it > does in XP); wireless doesn't work (in XP it does) and I think my kernel is > tainted with something called Linuxant; in battery mode the screen is > dimmed and I can't control this; when I upgraded to 10.1 my file system was > changed from Ext3 to reiserfs without asking me (although now I think > reiserfs is better); the upgrade also deleted software I use like kedit, > which I had to reinstall from source and it isn't as stable as it was. > > I don't think Suse or Ubuntu will make any difference in getting these > things to work. I also don't think they'll make any diference in offering > me the new features I really want like the ability to read and write an > NTFS disk partition; to use the Windos key-E combo to open a new console > window; the ability to play DVD's easily; a photo viewing program as easy > to use and print from as Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. The only thing I'm > really certain I will see is a new KDE interface which could mean all my > menu customisations will be trashed. > > Then I've got Crossover Office. Will that still work? > > Are there any opinions on what real and useful differences I would see > with either of these new distis? > > Saluti, Graham Petley > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
