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Old 09-29-2009, 07:04 PM   #1
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Recommended Distro for a Touch Screen Notebook?

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Hey all,

So I am picking up a touch screen notebook later this week and the first thing I plan on doing is wiping it and loading some form of Linux onto it. I was wondering if there is any particular distro(s) out there that have better default support for touch screen right "out of the box" so to speak.

Or should I just plop Ubuntu on it and call it a day?

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Old 09-30-2009, 01:49 AM   #2
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I recommend Slackware 13.0

http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/s...YIcHT:mv_pc=31

or

http://iso.linuxquestions.org/slackw...re-linux-13.0/

Sure, you could just install ooboontoo.

And you could also install Redhat too. but do yourself a favor and do it right.

nuff said
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Old 09-30-2009, 01:19 PM   #3
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Will Slackware support most of the touch screen features by default? I currently have Ubuntu on it and it is sorely lacking

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