Well if you are Mandriva fan then you should try Mageia which I believe
is a direct product from the Mandriva Project.
I have never tried Debian but for what I heard Ubuntu is pretty close to
what Debian is, and like you I am trying to get away from Ubuntu. I
like Ubuntu though, I am just trying to learn something different.
I am dual booting W7 & OpenSUSE at the moment and its been a good
experience, I know there is NOVELL behind OpenSUSE, but there is also a
good community working on the project so I like it so far.
Here is the OpenSUSE web site <http://software.opensuse.org/114/en>
Good luck to you
On 06/05/2011 01:46 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
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Gldt1009.svg>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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