[NTLUG:Discuss] My Linux journey with a new laptop, still have problems (be warned, long post)

[Stephen Davidson]

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Daniel Hauck wrote:

> The C640 is an older machine but should also be very well supported.  (A
> quick hardware break-down might be handy for reference though)  I have
> found as a Fedora user that with each new release, Laptop support
> becomes slicker.  With Fedora 8, everything on my Dell Inspiron 8600 was
> supported out of the box.  The proprietary video drivers were not
> included, but for "day-to-day" whatever, the OSS drivers are simply good
> enough.  Even my Intel ipw2200 wireless was supported without having to
> find "firmware" files for the driver or any such nonsense.
> 
> I don't use KDE and can't speak to that, but I have heard that KDE
> support under Fedora is growing tremendously and is no longer the
> red-headed step-child.  Gnome is still favored, I believe though.
> 
> So with that, you might consider giving Fedora 8 a try.
> 
Hi Daniel.

I will admit -- running an older SuSE (10.1).  Everytime I've upgraded,
I've always spent at least a week (sometimes more) fixing stuff that
used to work, but stopped working during the upgrade.  I will also admit
that I've been hearing that upgrades have been improving -- I've just
been too scared to try, as I've been too busy to be able to afford
having this machine down for a week or two..

- -Steve



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