[SLE] New laptop -- which version?
I've just bought an hp Pavilion dv5234us laptop. I need to keep the installed Win XP for professional reasons, but I want to use suse as the main system. The laptop will be used for electronics CAD, (along with this desktop), documentation, and presentation at client sites. The laptop has an Intel Core Duo processor -- two Pentium cores on the same chip. For this I should install the 32-bit smp kernel, right? I have the impression that laptops need special treatment when installing systems and software. If anyone could offer some advice, and some pointers to guidance, I'd appreciate it. -- John Perry -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sunday 30 July 2006 10:29, John E. Perry wrote:
I have the impression that laptops need special treatment when installing systems and software. If anyone could offer some advice, and some pointers to guidance, I'd appreciate it.
Not so much anymore. Most Distros figure out laptops pretty well these days, including SuSE. Any SuSE from 9.2 onwards will not have a problem. Neither will Ubuntu or Kbuntu. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On 7/30/06, John Andersen
On Sunday 30 July 2006 10:29, John E. Perry wrote:
I have the impression that laptops need special treatment when installing systems and software. If anyone could offer some advice, and some pointers to guidance, I'd appreciate it.
I use SuSE 10.0 on an old now Toshiba laptop and pretty much everything works except TV card. I would recommend 10.0 it is the best in my mind so far. Hardware detection is excellent and power saving modes on my machine at least are really working same cannot be said about windows xp home which freezes and goes into a death frenzy everytime It tries to hibernate. george -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 14:29 -0400, John E. Perry wrote:
I've just bought an hp Pavilion dv5234us laptop. I need to keep the installed Win XP for professional reasons, but I want to use suse as the main system. The laptop will be used for electronics CAD, (along with this desktop), documentation, and presentation at client sites.
The laptop has an Intel Core Duo processor -- two Pentium cores on the same chip. For this I should install the 32-bit smp kernel, right?
I have the impression that laptops need special treatment when installing systems and software. If anyone could offer some advice, and some pointers to guidance, I'd appreciate it.
First know your hardware and chipsets, do not listen to the salesmen they tend to be clueless. Second keep the XP to a minimum unless required for the job keep it to a single DVD lile 4.5 gig or 8.0 gig depending upon the burner. If its not a DVDRW get an external. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
John E. Perry wrote:
The laptop has an Intel Core Duo processor -- two Pentium cores on the same chip. For this I should install the 32-bit smp kernel, right?
The SUSE installer will pick an SMP kernel anyway.
I have the impression that laptops need special treatment when installing systems and software. If anyone could offer some advice, and some pointers to guidance, I'd appreciate it.
Just give it a go. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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Carl William Spitzer IV
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George Stoianov
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John Andersen
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John E. Perry
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Per Jessen