Hi Matt, Check out both "White Box Enterprise Linux" and/or "Tao Linux" I've had good luck with both, save for an issue with them not recognizing an older 3Com NIC.
http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/ http://www.taolinux.org/ Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:23:19 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TriLUG] Streamlined distro build for laptops and workstations > I am looking for information and people's experience in getting > any particular distro/hardware combination to install on a laptop or > workstation such that a non-IT customer would say it "works" for them. > Before people start foaming at the mouth, let me define what I mean > by "work." In this context, "work" means "do work," as in a business > desktop OS, spreasheets, web with java and flash, etc. Stuff people > want. > I have been able to acheive that balance and efficiency with > Linux, but not without having put a lot of time and energy into it. > Too often, getting a new Linux build to "work" is an exercise in > configuration and debugging. Reconfig and debugging is obviously not > something that everyone has the time or desire to do, so I'm looking > for best case suggestions. Obviously, configuration often depends > upon requirements, but I'm looking for the closest thing to that > "configuration utopia." > I've heard good things about Mandrake, but haven't tried it yet. > Fedora is no where near what I need and RHEL aint exactly free. I am > doing this for my nonprofit that will serve other nonprofits, so cost > is key, but I need to strike a balance between low cost and > functionality. > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Matt > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
