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linux on notebook
Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 7:27 pm
by volka
has anyone experience with it?
I'm thinking about installing SuSE on my notebook to force myself using some linux

I already installed it a couple of times on my old PC but killed it in time to put a windows on it again.
If you're using it on your notebook: how long did it take you to get things running?
edit: ahh anyway, I'll give it a try

Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 10:02 pm
by jason
On my notebook, RedHat and Mandrake both ran beautifully (and this was one of those designed for Windows notebooks). So I say go for it and have fun. =)
Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 11:36 pm
by volka
Yo, it seems to work. Now I'm just looking for supsend-to-disk support

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:14 pm
by cwcollins
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:33 pm
by gotDNS
Volka, what's the difference between having linux on a desktop computer as opposed to a laptop?
Debian.mmmmmm.......woody!
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:35 pm
by cwcollins
main problem w/ linux on laptops...
proprietary hardware
c.w.collins
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:38 pm
by gotDNS
are u using like, a Windows Linux dist., j/k. R u dissin' linux, foo?
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:43 pm
by cwcollins
Linux Rocks!! i run it at home, and i advocate it in my work. but the fact is... it doesn't work on all laptops... manufacturers built stuff with specific OSes in mind.
c.w.collins
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 5:45 pm
by gotDNS
new version of Debian came out a few days ago, Woody, they'll likely have more driver compatibilities...
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 9:50 pm
by volka
lucky me - hardware's fully supported with 2.4.18 kernel except the modem (pffff).
Now I have to figure out, why it's accessing the harddisk so often (drains my accu very fast).
Never had a X-Server on my linux-server before. 'Til now a remote X-Server (seldom used) did it, speed was irrelevant. But now.....KDE3 is nice - but slow
And what the hack is kdeinit? Every 15min it's taking up to 98% cpu-usage and almost 2/3 of the memory. It will take a while before I get used to it.
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 11:13 pm
by sam
sounds like you need more ram, the HD access most likely is the system using your swap partition a lot. And the kdeinit must requite a lot of ram, so it is never getting loaded all the way leading to over use of the cpy to swap and such, just a guess.
Cheers Moe

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 11:15 pm
by Sevengraff
both SuSE 7.3 and Red Hat 7.3 worked great on my Sager notebook that came with Windows Me. Dual booting is fun!