[ale] vFAQ: Good distributions on Dell D610 laptops

[John Mills]

KB -

Thanks. That brings me to another question:

I see 'ubuntu' downloads its installer as a single CD. Is it then usual to 
go through a net installation to end up with a usably complete setup? If 
so, is the net procedure automated?

I also see some DVD downloads for 'kubuntu'. What are the 'pros' and 
'cons' of 'ubuntu' and 'kubuntu', and CD vs. DVD installations?

Thanks.

 - Mills

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, KingBahamut wrote:

> http://www.ubuntu.com/
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> On 12/5/06, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> > Which Linux distributions drop smoothly onto Dell D610 Inspiron
> > laptops? I have noticed that my live-CD Knoppix fails to start up
> > XFree (but RedHat-7.3 handles it just fine -- Go figure.). Also, it
> > seems to have the AC'97 based audio - possibly modem also - that some
> > setups seem to handle much better than others.

> > I had excellent results with SuSE-9.3 on my Fry's laptop, including its
> > AC'97 modem, so my inclination would be to go with SuSE again.