Kinda need a Linux box for later classes, so I figure I could set it up on my laptop. But I have a soft spot for Slackware, and that seems like a Really Bad Idea on a laptop. So... suggestions?
The Baron said:Kinda need a Linux box for later classes, so I figure I could set it up on my laptop. But I have a soft spot for Slackware, and that seems like a Really Bad Idea on a laptop. So... suggestions?
hupfinsgack said:I might be a little biased, but go with Mandriva it is a lot better than the Fedora Project and it offers both gnome and KDE plus other interfaces...
It's hardware detection is great as well.
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Suse is nice and all, but xine is broken (you have to recompile it to have some mp3 and dvd support), and multimedia wise is a bit lacking. I had some problems in 9.3 with the ipw2000 module (not being installed by default).
Saem said:No you don't have to recompile anything, merely add a third party YaST source and you can update xine, end of story.
SUSE Linux 10.0 RC1 (Codename "Nürnberg")
- KDE default installation needs manual addition of "amarok-xine" package to solve dependencies.
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- Installation on i586 systems is not possible since only a i686 glibc is on the media Bug #115834 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=115834) Resolved.
SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta 4 (Codename "Provo")
- After a network installation, the network is not up at all. Reboot the machine or run a "rcnetwork restart". Bug #112909 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112909), resolved in RC1
- suseplugger pops up after a new installation and informs about newly found hardware Bug #114427 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=114427)
- The bug with grub ("no operating system found"), still exists.Bug #103031 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=103031)
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- Firefox doesn't work correctly if subdomain is started Bug #114350 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=114350)
Call for testing
- We ask you to test all the PCMCIA and Cardbus-cards you have with beta4. We expect everything to work but a broader test is appreciated. Thanks in advance for a lot of helpful bugreports.
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SUSE Linux 10.0 Beta 3 (Codename "Bangalore")
- A GNOME installation cannot resolve all software dependencies, go into "Software" and add one of the two packages offered (either kdebase3-SuSE or apache2).
. /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
- kdm does not switch to utf8, add the following to /etc/init.d/xdm Bug #112774 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112774) :
- udev gives a number of error messages during boot Bug #112820 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112820)
Wrong firmware-loader script called by udev causing ipw2100/ipw2200 load failures. Bug #112915
- Xen is not working Bug#105178 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=105178).