[kwlug-disc] How to choose a new motherboard

[chaslinux at gmail.com]

I've found the same, sometimes one distro works perfectly on a particular PC. On my notebook the latest Linux Mint MATE hangs like no tomorrow, but Xubuntu 14.04 works perfectly. A bit of apples and oranges, but using what works.

Charles
Blog: http://www.charlesmccolm.com/
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From: Chris Craig <kwlug.org at ciotog.net>
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Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 08:47:14 
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Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] How to choose a new motherboard

On 5 July 2014 23:51, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> After installing Debian DVD, I was surprised that my laptop's Intel
> wireless didn't work.  I had to download relevant intel firmware package
> from pkgs.org.  Since then, I never installed Debian again.

After installing Ubuntu on an Acer laptop I bought several years ago,
various things didn't work (lid events, wireless, etc). I was never
able to get wireless (Atheros) working, so I installed Debian and with
that it was fairly easy. Lid events and such worked without further
configuration.

A few years prior I tried Ubuntu on an iBook G3 and it was a train
wreck. As was Yellow Dog. Debian worked almost perfectly.


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