Linux

[xXHavokXx]

I have been trying out linux recently and am liking it. the problem is its on the computer i barely use. I want it on my laptop but just had a horrible time when i installed Fedora Core( reccomended to me by several people) on it and it caused cataclysmic failure and other bad stff. Anyone have any suggestions

[jdev]

reformat, use gentoo or suse. i prefer gentoo personally, I use it on my server at work.. however, suse may be more practical for a desktop application

g/l

[Dryden]

Fedora Core has some buggy IDE drivers which will bork laptops.

Try rolling back to Red Hat 9 instead.

[chizle97]

Red caps Rule!! rock on Linux user!

[painTech]

i use debain, red hat, gentoo, and suse.

debian is extremely easy to use. EXTREMELY EASY. except its linux, but its simple for linux.

[xXHavokXx]

Anyone know if Red Hat is good with laptops though?

[Dryden]

Originally posted by xXHavokXx
Anyone know if Red Hat is good with laptops though?

I've never had a problem with it. I've run every version (Red Hat 6.0 - Red Hat 9.0, including point releases) without issue on all of my company issued laptops. I've taught Linux seminars for four years, and Red Hat has no 'generic' issues I'm aware of regarding laptop installs.

Anything post-7.1 should work for you without effort.

[jayloo]

Personall I have an IBM thinkpad A30 and use red hat 9. Red Hat is a little bloated and I am sure u cant get it any more since red hat dumped the project (now Fedora)sp.

For a laptop and beginner, Mandrake is an excelent choice. They have included many drivers so a build-in network card and even a winmodem are usable (mine are). You don't have to know the linux/unix command line to get Mandrake up and running on any desktop/laptop.

Suse, Debian and Slackware are all good but all have slightly different purposes.

Although I have red hat 9 on my laptop I will be installing Slackware to R&D a new server I am going to colocate for my website: www.jayloo.com. Slack is for experienced folks only.

If you need any help installing email me or pm me. I'd be glad to help in any non-micro$oft project.

[hostage]

Red Hat is the best if you are new to Linux. I think gentoo is a little advance for non-linux savy users. Unless you wanted to spend a bit more time setting it up, maybe go with a stage 3 installation.
-Doron

[xXHavokXx]

I have Mandrake 9.2 on my desktop and really want it on my laptop but it wont load for me. I use the boot CD's it gets started and just hangs for a bit.

While fedora core was on my laptop and working i loved it and really thought about moving more to linux but it crashed. Is red hat alot like it?

Im a complete newb to linux and coding so it has to be simple.

I have a Toshiba Satellite 2435-s255 if that helps

[Fixion]

I use debian on my laptop and servers. It works really well. But I only use the minimalist version, recompile kernel, install X and other things I might need. Like this I don't clutter the system. The minimalist net-install was the best idea ever. Although this version takes quite a bit of configuring. A kernel recompile wouldn't hurt either. Its the first thing I'd do.

painTech - I have no idea what version of debian your using, but I disagree (uless its Knoppix). Sure it may be easy to get a system running, but make it run well? It will take you some time to reconfigure things the way you like it and recompile a decent kernel... 2.6.3 anyone? I don't expect a new linux user to be able to reconfigure/compile a kernel, configure sound and video drivers, setup X, DRM, programs, etc. Especially from source.

Edit: Now that I think of it, I never used anything BUT the minimalist net-install.