Well I don't have any recent experience with Acer laptops but I do have experience with SuSE on my Thinkpad. I would highly recommend it and now that you can download the iso's, what do you have to loose. I haven't had a single problem with my setup. Everything was detected after install, wireless, display, network, sound, touchpad. The only thing I had to do was install the ATI drivers if I wanted OpenGL. I also had 9.1 on the same Thinkpad without any problems. I tried Mandrake a few times in the past and just didn't get the same feel I get when I am using SuSE, just my oppinion. As you said, there is no point in starting a war, we all love the ditros we use for different reasons. The choice is what makes Linux so great. -Eric On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 11:21 -0700, Jason Hayes wrote: > I'll preface this post with a note that I am not trying to start a war > between rival distro factions in the city. I am simply trying to get > intelligent comments on the merits of one distro that I have not used > very often. > > I am expecting shipment of my new laptop (an acer aspire 1804 WSMI- XPP > Notebook) and am wondering if anyone has had any experience using Suse > on Acer systems. > > I tried to install Suse on my last laptop (an aspire 1705) but had a > fair bit of trouble getting the networking and video to cooperate with > it. Rather than fighting for a long time with it, I went back to > Mandrake and have used Mdk 9.0, 9.2, 10.0, and 10.1 on the 1705. It has > worked well with that system. > > Sadly, the 1705 suffered an untimely death recently - at the hands of a > power surge - and all my attempts to fix it (including replacing the > mother board) have failed to revive it. > > So with the new system on the way, I am once again considering Suse. I > liked the fact that Suse now has the 9.3 iso's available for download > and am keen on trying it. However, since this is going to be a primary > workhorse for my job, I don't have a lot of time to fiddle with things. > > If anyone has any experience with Suse and Acer laptops and can send it > my way, I would appreciate it. If not, I will likely head back to > Mandrake or Mandriva and see if that continues to work. > > Thanks > Jason Hayes > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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