Hi, I want to preface this, I'm not whinning :)
Since replacing my failed hard drive on my laptop (IBM thinkpad A30, model 2652 3CU), I'm really trying to make the switch to a linux destop. I've always run Debian for my servers and am most comfortable with that. I've never had to worry about sound cards, IR ports, wireless cards... What I find when I install Sarge, and pick the desktop option is: 1) It installs a ton of stuff, that I just don't need now. For example, I don't need 10 different console and terminal apps, 5 different web browsers, sound recording/mixing..., games, HTML editors, both KDE and Gnome... 2) it doesn't do a good job of identifying and configuring components. Examples: a) doesnt identify my video card as ATI b) doesn't setup my XFConfig-4 correctly c) Sound only works if I use KDE first. That is if I log into Gnome after boot I have no sound, if I log into KDE then Gnome I get sound. But even then the sound volume controls doesn't work d) The wireless card can't be picked during the install because the settings don't last/work after that initial install reboot 3) Its kinda slow. I'm running a 1Ghz pentium III, 384 MB ram, 5400 rpm drive. It takes something like 10 seconds after I enter my userid into GDM before I get my desktop Maybe I'm picking the wrong distribution to run as a desktop (or I hate to say it, maybe I'm spoiled because M$ stuff does all this so well). So my question is: Can anyone suggest a route for installing on my laptop that will help me detect/identify all the components on my laptop (network card, wireless card, ir port, monitor, sound card...), give me a nice slim install, and ideally use APT for software administration Thanks Jay _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech