OpenSuse?
I’m a big fan, and I’ve had good luck on a few Dell laptops with it. Installer is friendly and gives the choice of KDE (among others). KDE is also implemented nicely and not stuck on as an afterthought. Pretty good library of software and overall a rather stable distro. It avoids any link to Ubuntu (or Debian also). *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeremiah Bess *Sent:* Sunday, June 05, 2011 1:47 PM *To:* LUG *Subject:* [lug:17449] Ready to change 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
