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01-12-2005, 03:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Distribution: Linspire 4.5 / Debian / OpenLinux / MEPIS
Posts: 9
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Laptop Linux
are there any distros out there that have a reputation for good laptop compatibility? i have an hp that im thinking about putting linux on. also, r there any linux programs that can work w/ ms powerpoint files? i take my laptop to work alot to build powerpoints, which r then used on win2k computers.
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01-12-2005, 03:48 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: MD
Distribution: Fedora Core
Posts: 269
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I have heard good things about SuSe on laptops, but never tried it myself. Fedora runs okay with my Dell.
As of powerpoint, you can use OpenOffice. OpenOffice which comes with most distros has the ability to open MS powerpoint formats. It works well!
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01-12-2005, 03:54 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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I have successfully run Mandrake and Suse on a sony Viao laptop, no problems.
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01-12-2005, 04:12 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Excellent experiences with Slackware on Thinkpads
:)
Cheers,
Tink
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01-12-2005, 04:55 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, FreeBSD
Posts: 68
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I use Slackware on my HP.
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01-12-2005, 05:00 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Utah, USA
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 230
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Check my signiture for details of Slackware on my Dell laptop.
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01-12-2005, 08:20 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Distribution: #! Korora
Posts: 472
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01-12-2005, 09:39 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Distribution: Linspire 4.5 / Debian / OpenLinux / MEPIS
Posts: 9
Original Poster
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zoso: do u use pcmcia or wireless adapters w/ ur hp?
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01-12-2005, 10:20 PM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Delaware
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 351
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I have old hp laptop.
Slackware 10 runs fine.
I use Open Office for all my M$ related paperwork.
Good Luck.
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01-13-2005, 02:23 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Distribution: Linspire 4.5 / Debian / OpenLinux / MEPIS
Posts: 9
Original Poster
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the two write-ups ive seen for my laptop were from people using redhat and suse. both said that pcmcia support was nil, which is bad for me, b/c i use a pcmcia 802.11b card.
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01-13-2005, 09:08 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Phuket
Distribution: Slackware 14.2 and Slackware Arm
Posts: 479
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Slackware 10 works well on my IBM Thinkpad R51
I am still learning/confuring some things but out-of-the-box the slack install was a breeze.
hth
mark
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01-13-2005, 12:24 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Quote:
Originally posted by relrobber
the two write-ups ive seen for my laptop were from people using redhat and suse. both said that pcmcia support was nil, which is bad for me, b/c i use a pcmcia 802.11b card.
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I think it's about time that you share some info
with us if you want REAL answers :)
Make & model, output from lspci and
lscpi -v...
Cheers,
Tink |
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01-13-2005, 03:18 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Distribution: Linspire 4.5 / Debian / OpenLinux / MEPIS
Posts: 9
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the laptop is an hp pavilion ze4145. i havent installed linux on it yet. i was just looking for some advice on what MIGHT be the best way to go.
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01-13-2005, 03:21 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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In that case I'd suggest to try that box using
knoppix, see what it has to say about the
PCMICA support ...
Cheers,
Tink
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