Re: [tlug] newbie notebook question

[John Carthew <jacarthew@example.com>]

thanks for your help!

mandrake move got my screen ok (suse didnt) I think it got my soundcard 
ok, and it got my mouse! (suse didnt)
I dont know how to set up internet and havent been able to test video 
cos i only have the one dvd drive (in use on the live CD!) ...but i 
might be able to test the video later by plugging in a usb hard drive.

I thought i saw some downloads online somewhere for linux notebook 
brightness control drivers and various others. do you know anything 
about that?


Wayne wrote:

> Was the live CD able to find all your hardware? Especially sound,
>
>video, LAN?
>
>Being biased I always recommend Mandrake because of its ease of
>install and use. It has great noob friendly config and update
>tools. I'm running Mandrake 10.1 now and it works so well (Well
>apart from a small USB SD card reader problem that should be
>worked out soon) It also has a tool to resize your windows
>partitions during install so you don't need any expensive
>third party apps like Partition Magic. I believe Mandrake also
>improved laptop compatibility in this release. Don't know about
>brightness controls, the only laptop I've installed it on is an
>ancient Thinkpad 390X.
>
>Wayne
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