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Thinkpad and Linux
Name: dchw_dude Date: December 7, 2004 at 08:35:20 Pacific OS: None, right now. CPU/Ram: PII, 233/64Mb
Comment:
I have a laptop (a Thinkpad 380XD), and for some reason, Linux does not like it. I have tried my Debian, RH8&9, FC1&2&3, and Slackware disks, and isolinix always finds a different error on each disk. Anyone have any sucess w/installing any 2.4 or 2.6 kernel linux let me know, and give me the specifics.
Name: C_Legend Date: December 7, 2004 at 12:41:04 Pacific
Reply:
Here is someone who has installed Mandrake 9.1 (2.4 kernel, I believe) on that laptop (380XD).
Good luck.
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Response Number 2
Name: C_Legend Date: December 7, 2004 at 12:48:34 Pacific
Reply:
If you are planning on running KDE or Gnome, get at least another 64 meg of memory, otherwise it will be slow (or shall I say slower, considering it is a 233 mhz machine trying to run a modern distro)
Good luck.
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Response Number 3
Name: totty (by allan_totty) Date: December 8, 2004 at 01:13:07 Pacific
Reply:
Give mepis a try, it's hardware detection is excelent, I've installed it on a couple of laptops without any of the problems I had with other distros on them (no thinkpads though)
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Response Number 4
Name: itmdtr Date: December 11, 2004 at 02:03:33 Pacific
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