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Can anyone help me find a good distro ?
H_TeXMeX_H:
Maybe I have a really buggy BIOS (I think I can say for sure that I do, because I have had no problems using any linux distro on my desktop) (my laptop is buggy piece of shit)
Gonna try slackware next (I didn't realize that you don't actually need a floppy drive to install it ... while their site says otherwise:
--- Quote --- Slackware Linux doesn't require an extremely powerful system to run (though having one is quite nice :). It will run on systems as far back as the 486. Below is a list of minimum system requirements needed to install and run Slackware.
* 486 processor
* 16MB RAM (32MB suggested)
* 100-500 megabytes of hard disk space for a minimal and around 3.5GB for full install
* 3.5" floppy drive
Additional hardware may be needed if you want to run the X Window System at a usable speed or if you want network capabilities.
--- End quote ---
http://www.slackware.com/install/sysreq.php
Orethrius:
Tex, post the results of lspci and maybe lsusb so we can get a better idea of your hardware - so far, I haven't seen the laptop vendor / model information but I could've just overlooked it.
EDIT: The Handbook is a TERRIBLE resource for first-timers, it's only really good for reference purposes. Use the x86 Quickinstall or the amd64 Howto depending on which architecture you have - there used to be a Quickinstall for amd64, but I've been unable to find it of late.
EDIT 2: Found the amd64 Handbook, still can't find the Quickinstall. :(
worker201:
Yeah, that's the minimum. If you have a bootable cd drive, you are well beyond Patrick's idea of minimum. If you can't get Slackware to run, then I know you've done something wrong. Be advised that Slackware tends to be a bit behind in things like versions of gtk, kernels, drivers, etc, and their basic setup may seem like FC2.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I have a few questions ... how many programs have been ported to BSD ?
--- End quote ---
Well, as of now, there are over 16000 apps in the ports tree.
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I need openoffice, hplip, xsane, madwifi, k3b, and most importantly dvorak keyboard support !
--- End quote ---
All of those things except for madwifi are available for FreeBSD/PC-BSD in the ports tree. madwifi however, you won't need, as FreeBSD already comes with drivers for atheros based wifi devices.
H_TeXMeX_H:
what about dvorak ?
and here's the lspci and lsusb
--- Code: ---drax@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 645xx (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 14)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
00:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] (rev a3)
drax@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 054c:0069 Sony Corp. Memorystick MSC-U03 Reader
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c50b Logitech, Inc. Cordless Desktop Optical
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
drax@ubuntu:~$
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I'm off to install slackware (*crosses fingers*)
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