What about the compatibility issue. I know people say that if the live CD will run then the installed version will run. When I first got into this ('01ish) some live cd's no longer WORKED 100% after being installed. Is that still an issue? On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:29 PM, James Finstrom < jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > I see suse as "you know redhats way is neat let's break it" I am sort > of biased as I was raised on debian and it's variants. That's the > thing with rhinux most answers are personal preference. Example I > don't do gnome and I know people who think kde is too windows. I would > grab the live editions of as many distros as you can and run em all > see what clicks > > On 10/18/08, Matt Graham wrote: > > After a long battle with technology, Stephen wrote: > >>> On 10/18/08, mike havens wrote: > >>>> I've done web searches but I prefer talking one-on-many. Which is the > >>>> best laptop distro? Please be aware that if the group-decision is a > dvd > >>>> I will need someone to burn it as I do not have a dvd-burner. > > > > FWIW, the 5" DVD+-RWs are pretty darn cheap at $35 after shipping from > > NewEgg. > > In 2000, a 4x CD-RW was $180. My, how stuff gets cheaper (except laptop > > parts....) > > > >>> hardware works by simply installing the module back ports. A lot of > >>> folks don't like ubuntu but I work on borked centos boxes all day so > >>> when I get home I want things to just work. That said the next big > >>> thing is suppose to be pclinuxos so it may be worth a look > > > > RPM has its flaws, though they've papered over most of them. All distros > > have > > warts; the key is to find one whose warts you can live with. > > > >> that said Gentoo is a decent choice as well, however it is a lot more > >> involved to get running > > > > The thing that takes the longest is setting all the USE flags. Then > > you "emerge kde" and let it run overnight, and everything after that is > > incremental. Unless something like the libexif mess that happened a > while > > back happens again. > > > >> Or possibly OpenSUSE, but while it may have lots of bells and whistles > it > >> loads a TON of stuff. > > > > SuSE has always had more weird bugs than other distros IME. > > > > -- > > "Depress the button," it said. Gloria looked at the button. "You're > > a very ugly button," she began. --Phil Janes, _The Galaxy Game_ > > My blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > > Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to > see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > James Finstrom > Rhino Equipment Corp. > All Rhino products are made in America, 100% Money Back Guarantee, and > have a 5 Year warranty. > Sometimes for it to "just work" you have to think outside the box! > Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 > IP: asterisk.rhinoequipment.com ~ FWD: 633686 > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and its > attachments from all computers. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: