which reliable distro for which laptop?

Mark Braham · 04-01-2003, 07:43 AM

1. All LINUX distro makers tout their wares.

2. Fine, but none seem to provide a needed hardware health warning: 'this programme may not fully work on/may be dangerous for the health of your computer.

3. This is particulalry the case with laptops in terms of three consistent problems:
(a) Displays
(b) Sound
(c) Winmodems.

4. Having spent too much money and time on failed Linux laptop installatrons, and being a busy end-user, not a programmer, I would like to know what distro to use on an IBM ThinkPad A31p which:

(a) will provide for a ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 1600x1200 flat panel display at 32 bits;

(b) will recognise the SoundMax Integrated Diogital Audio sound card and

(c) can deal with an Agere Systems AG'97 internal modem .

If these cannot be solved with reasonable ease, then it is sorry to eave you Linux, but against my will, back to Windows.

AltF4 · 04-01-2003, 08:39 AM

http://hardwaredb.suse.com/
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3

etc.

AltF4 · 04-01-2003, 08:39 AM

http://hardwaredb.suse.de/
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3

etc.

trickykid · 04-01-2003, 09:24 AM

This is not LFS related, but more Hardware related which now its been moved.

Try to place your posts and threads in the most proper forum.

Thanks.

Mark Braham · 04-01-2003, 10:06 AM

This being my first attempt here, and not having a clear idea where what goes (i.e what is 'LFS?') I have posted where I have not knowing any better but seeing this as an over OS design problem.

As to Suse, Mandrake & RedHat. SuSE is an old story, and maybe to be reinstated. Red-Hat and Mandrake may not have done their laptop homework. Too many hours for a non-hacker to spend. I just want to be pointed in the direction of the distro that works.

Thanks.