lynn said the following on 12/16/2009 04:57 AM:
[...] What it doesn't do is work on laptops. It looks from below that PCLinuxOS is the only one that does.
I'll have to try PCLinuxOS then :-) I run openSuse ONLY on laptops. The under-the-desk machine runs Mandriva. Historic reasons and laziness Yes, laptops are going to be problematic with *any* version of Linux because of the compromises vendors make. Particularly with video and wifi. Pull that Broadcomm card and replace it with an Intel one. Well maybe. This is an old Presario with a Radeon X300 and BCM4306. Both work OK with 11.1. Yes, the BCM was a B*gg** to get working under 11.0, but after installing 11.1 I decided to be proactive, and I googled "opensuse broadcom", followed the first link it gave me and carried out the instructions there under the section "Manual Installation". This is a pretty intolerant list compared to some I'm on, but I'm surprised there isn't a lot more questions answered with merely "go google". Yes, its sometimes difficult to get the right keywords and sometimes you get too much information to choose from, but that was a no-brainer. Given all that, openSuse is not a light-weight version of Linux. This may be an old laptop but it was one of the first "desktop replacements". I doubt if I could run it on one of the old laptops I have in my basement. But do try PCLinuxOS. Maybe I will too. -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -- Thomas A. Edison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org