Just for fun I pulled down the latest SuSE and stuck it in my laptop. I can only get the installer to start when docked in the docking station (maybe the rez on this laptop is too high for grub or whatever to display properly. Anyways once docked it gets to the installer screen but doesn't want to make it past that initial splash (this is after 30 minutes of waiting), computer is hard frozen, had to disconnect power and remove batteries to reboot.
This is a Dell Latitude C840 with 1GB of RAM and an 80GB HD currently running Windows XP. I'm going to do some searching and see if I can find related issues. FYI my Kubuntu Edgy Live CD just plain boots, detects and runs, however the installer borks out at about 75% On 3/22/07, Jonathan Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Grant Shipley wrote: > On 3/22/07, Ryan Simpkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm thinking of trying out SuSE for a laptop I've got. I hear they charge >> you for >> updates though. Is that true? Can you guys please share your SuSE >> experiences >> (good/bad)? > > I ran SuSE when I worked at Novell and really liked it. Its a great > distribution with a lot of talented people working on it. > Ditto /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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