Okay I'll be honest here most DEs are worthless to cofigure Laptop
Power options with the exception of Gnome and KDE. KDE 4 is pretty
intensive so Gnome in a minimalistic mode is your best option. The
power consumption issue at the moment is the Kernel bug in the
2.6.37 and 2.6.38 kernels. My understanding is this is fixed with
the 2.6.39 kernel but I haven't tried it yet.
For your purposes a Debian based Distro that uses the experimental
repositories is probably the best option to go with.
www.distrowatch.org can help in finding a good distro based on
Debian Experimental.
On 06/05/2011 12:46 PM, Jeremiah Bess wrote:
How may times have we heard, "which distribution
should I choose?" Well, I have that question now, but it will be
asked in the way I think I think it should always be asked.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1521 laptop. I've run Mandriva on it
for years, dual booting with Windows. Recently, Mandriva has
become a bit slow on it. I still use it on my desktop and home
server. So I would like some suggestions on what else to try.
Here is my criteria:
- Laptop power options must work with minimal or no
configuration (hibernate and standby)
- Would prefer KDE, but willing to try out other GUIs
- Would prefer the GUI to be installed by default, instead
of installing manually.
- A GUI-based software installer is preferred, but willing
to do CLI.
- Not Ubuntu or a derivative (see here
to eliminate choices). I want to avoid the Linux=Ubuntu
stigma.
- Must be a home-use style distro, not an enterprise-style
like RedHat.
- Must be a distro you would be proud to show off to
non-Linux users.
I use my laptop for web surfing while traveling, and some
document editing. I have tried Arch and would have stuck with
it, but the laptop power functions wouldn't work even after 2
days of working on it. I tried Linux Mint, but it sucked dry
my laptop battery fast. I attempted to try PCLinuxOS just a
few days ago, but the Live DVD would not boot after Grub
regardless of the numerous kernel options I put in.
Jeremiah E. Bess
Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four
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