[ale] vFAQ: Good distributions on Dell D610 laptops

[Christopher Fowler]

If this is an older laptop with little memory and cpu then I would go
with Xubuntu.


On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 10:10 -0500, John Mills wrote:
> KB -
> 
> Thanks. That brings me to another question:
> 
> I see 'ubuntu' downloads its installer as a single CD. Is it then usual to 
> go through a net installation to end up with a usably complete setup? If 
> so, is the net procedure automated?
> 
> I also see some DVD downloads for 'kubuntu'. What are the 'pros' and 
> 'cons' of 'ubuntu' and 'kubuntu', and CD vs. DVD installations?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>  - Mills
> 
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, KingBahamut wrote:
> 
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/
> > 
> > 
> > On 12/5/06, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 
> > > Which Linux distributions drop smoothly onto Dell D610 Inspiron
> > > laptops? I have noticed that my live-CD Knoppix fails to start up
> > > XFree (but RedHat-7.3 handles it just fine -- Go figure.). Also, it
> > > seems to have the AC'97 based audio - possibly modem also - that some
> > > setups seem to handle much better than others.
> 
> > > I had excellent results with SuSE-9.3 on my Fry's laptop, including its
> > > AC'97 modem, so my inclination would be to go with SuSE again.
> 
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