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Re: Linux Distros
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- Subject: Re: Linux Distros
- From: Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:34:11 -0500
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For those of you who run Fedora, how would you describe its hardware
compatibility? The reason I ask is because I have an older laptop (got
it in 2003) that has an ATI Mobility 9000 chipset. I used to use Ubuntu
on my laptop, but it seems they have dropped support for this card
because I've had lots of problems with Ubuntu and graphics since 9.10.
I haven't been able to use 3D acceleration or advanced desktop effects
since Ubuntu 8.10. I couldn't even get 10.04 to install correctly. I
switched to Linux Mint and I had no problems at all. I still can't get
advanced features from my graphics chipset (it seems to be using a
standard VGA driver), but at least I can do most of the things I need
to. Anyway, I was thinking of installing Fedora 14 on this laptop in a
dual-boot with Linux Mint to see how I like it. It works fine in a
virtual machine, but that's not always an accurate depiction of how it
will work once actually installed.
Kevin
On 10/28/2010 07:07 PM, Nathaniel R. Reindl wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Bill Weiler<willyweiler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop and Fedora 13 on my desktop. Both are dual
>> boot Windows machines although I use Linux almost exclusively.
>>
> I run mostly Red Hat derivatives these days since my desktop boxes are
> either some recent version of Windows NT (Server 2008 R2 seems to be a
> popular choice) or OS X.
>
> I'd run Ubuntu (or some other Ubuntu-inspired Debian derivative), but
> I really can't see the point given that I have no use at all for
> Canonical's Landscape management/monitoring platform, let alone things
> like newer software versions.
>
> Besides, if I need newer versions of software (mostly things from
> CPAN), I'll just rebuild the RPMs myself. :^)
>
>
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