[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE post 11.0 BAD NEWS - Need a new distro

Kevin E. Ivey ik04 at isot.com
Tue Mar 30 13:47:01 CDT 2010


Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Greetings.

> 
> At this point, I am looking for a new distribution.  What it needs to
> support "out-of-the-box";
> - Thunderbird
> - Firefox
> - AMD-64 bit
> - Wireless (would prefer support of built-in chips, but ability to
> purchase and use Wireless PCMCIA or USB cards acceptable)
> - VPN
> - USB Harddisks, including encrypted ones.
> 
> Would like support for (but not required):
> - Evolution
> - Cups Printing
> - Guest OSes (Convenient to be able to run MS in a window, I
> occasionally need to see how IEx renders a webpage)
> - Multi-CPU Hardware
> - Blackberry Syncing
> 
> Suggestions?

Mandriva for sure.  Laptop/Netbook support is excellent.

keVIn



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