[PLUG] which distro for compaq notebook...or am I screwed?

[Matt Chorman]

If you are willing to wait for the packages to compile I would suggest Gentoo. 
It can be intimidating to a newbie.. You basically install and compile your 
system from scratch. There are no "compatible" systems - it will work for 
you. 

Upside: You get a fully optimized system, optimized for your 
processor/platform. Gentoo has the greatest user forums I've ever seen in my 
entire life, anywhere, for anything. Easy going, wonderful people who will 
bend over backwards to help you. Gentoo is quick, and lite if you would like 
(a bonus for notebooks.) Bonus: You learn how linux works from the ground up.

Downside: You have to wait for ALL packages to compile. KDE takes ~ 12 hours 
to compile on an average to modern system. It can be intimidating for a new 
user to hear "you have to compile everything" (portage does it for you.) You 
have to download all packages, taking bandwidth and time. Negative: You learn 
how linux works from the ground up. (haha)

If you do decide to go with Gentoo, my username on forums.gentoo.org is qubex 
- I'm always willing to help a newbie with gentoo! :-)

Matt

On Tuesday 27 May 2003 04:51 pm, Richard Williamson wrote:
> I'm dumb!! Went out and bought a notebook (compaq presario 2100)  without
> checking compatability first. Wanted to install Mandrake but their website
> says its not compatible.
>
> Any distro that will work? I'm a newbie looking for a simple install & nice
> user interace for a home machine.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug