-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jared Greenwald wrote:
I'm surprised that no one has suggested ubuntu (ubuntulinux.org). I had that installed on my Compaq Evo N600c for a while before reverting back to Gentoo. (I'm normally a Gentoo user everywhere, but Ubuntu is just so easy, quick and painless I had to give it a shot.) I'd have to say its about the easiest distro to install. There is even a version that comes with KDE pre-setup called Kubuntu (kubuntu.org).
You can even try the livecd to see if it can detect all the hardware on your laptop. The standard (non-livecd) installer uses the same logic to do the install, so if the livecd works the real install should as well. The thing that will take time is the actual download of the livecd and installer cd.
-Jared
HI gang, I'm not certain if Mel truly has a preference for SuSE or if he mentioned that because of the CDs I gave to him (I suspect the latter). Clearly there are a lot of good choices and Ubuntu is one of them. His interest in the VistA open source medical software may be driving this decision. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDSIkUHl0iXDssISsRAl4VAJ9iTjykbVCf77K9+juUq4xy286PXQCffFiw CEZW0Y5LuKnvY98nOVxb9dE= =6X99 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----