Mark, I agree on the apt-get. I also like the Internet install for Debian. I was able to install Debian on an older 486 laptop using 3 diskettes and an Internet connection with very little fuss. Redhat, Mandrake, Suse, and the lot would not install because the processor was not a Pentium and they needed a minimum of ~100 MB of RAM to install. *BSD also installed and ran very well. Have you tried Knoppix? I used it off the CD to backup a Win2K partition (thanks to a lot of helpful hints from the list!) and it so far works very well. I may try t install it on the hard drive. Everything is integrated (Open Office, KDE, Knqueror etc), it is small (runs off a 700MB CDROM) and is fast. You may find you like it for your Pentium. Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. mark@phillipsmarketing.biz 480 945-0798 480 945-9197 fax No trees were destroyed in the sending of this contaminant free message, however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: myers@fastq.com [SMTP:myers@fastq.com] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 1:12 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: RE: disto for laptop Thanks, Mark. But the curious thing is, Lindows is based on Debian. Maybe I'll try Lindows 3.1 beta. The thing I REALLY like about Debian is apt-get. Lindows did not detect my soundcard (though it did detect my SMC PCMCIA card (no other distro sets it up properly)). So I did an apt-get on "sndconfig." Ran sndconfig and away I went! It was kinda cool. Other than the speed issue, I personally think Lindows is ideal for a laptop. Mark M. Quoting Mark Phillips : > Mark, > > I ran into the same problems with my old Inspiron 3000 (233 MHz Pentium > MMX, 148 MB RAM, 6 GB hard drive). I had the same issue with Redhat 7.3, > but I had to rebuild the kernel since it would not recognize my pcmcia > cards. When I recompiled the kernel I tried to optimize it for Pentium MMX, > but I noticed very little if any speed improvement. I then installed > Mandrake 8.2 and it is much faster, and Debian is even faster (even using > X). > > In addition, Mandrake and Debian did a much better job with the NeoMagix > video chips - the fonts are much crisper and the whole screen "pops" just > as it did with Windows. (I think Redhat 7.3 used an earlier version of > Xfree, so that was probably the problem with the display, and I never tried > to install a new version and I am not sure what Redhat 8 uses). > > Mark Phillips > Phillips Marketing, Inc. > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz > 480 945-0798 > 480 945-9197 fax > > No trees were destroyed in the sending of this contaminant free message, > however, a significant number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: myers@fastq.com [SMTP:myers@fastq.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:47 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: disto for laptop > > I have a Compaq Armada 7792DMT laptop w/96 MB RAM and 5 GB hard disk. It > has a > Pentium 266M processor (not PII). I have installed RedHat 8 & Lindows 3 on > it > (yes, I paid $99 for a Linux distro) but they both seem very slow. The only > OSes that I get to run a a decent speed are Mandrake and Win2K. > I really want to use RedHat 8 on it. After install, if I recompile the > kernel, > will that help my speed issues? I know it is never going to be blazing in > X, > but it really shouldn't take 15 seconds to get the reply window up when > replying to an e-mail in Evolution. > TKIA. > > Mark Myers > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > FastQ Communications > Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ------------------------------------------------- FastQ Communications Providing Innovative Internet Solutions Since 1993 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss