Is Redhat the best version support wise?
I just got a rather new laptop (HP Pavilion ze4805) ... is redhat 9 the best version for me to try and have my hardware supported? I want to make sure that all of my hardware is supported before I install it ...
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welcome to LQ!!!
=) your hardware might be supported by red hat 9, but red hat 9 isn't supportd by red hat anymore... the fedora core project replaced red hat's free version... http://fedora.redhat.com fedora core has the latest features, and it might offer better support for your hardware... also, consider using a non-red hat distro, such as slackware... or a red hat-based distro such as suse or mandrake, which aren't as bleeding-edge as fedora... ps: here's a couple links that you might find interesting... looks like the laptop works well with fedora and suse, at least... http://www.linuxcowboy.org/tyr/ http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroup...4-07/0273.html |
blah .... i tried redhat 9 and i couldn't even install it because the keyboard on my laptop wouldn't work ... guess i'll try the fedora project now ...
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Hi iamstorm,
Go for Mandrake 10.0 official.....Its the best distro which supports almost every hardware that I have used till now.....Moreover, its the most user friendly distro too....and also supports rpm files.... Dont believe me? try mandy, and u wont complain! Cheers --amit |
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