Jeremiah, Did you ever get this sorted out and if so what did you settle on; if not what are you currently testing, what did you test and what are your thoughts?
I'd be interested in knowing! Bryan On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>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 > > -- > 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-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux, and more Linux. -- 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)
