[Operating
System]
|system:Windows|
[!]Vivante:
Win2000 Installation. User Comments:
[-]Win2000
RC2:
Good News:
The install was a breeze.
The system is up and running and seems stable. Windows 2000 identified
& automatically supplied drivers for audio,
video, CD, and even my "DATport"
(an external USB audio device I have).
Bad News:
The OS consumed 760 MB!
I hope someone soon will supply some sort of "2000Lite" utility, or publish
a list of files you can safely delete.
Touchpad drivers were not
installed; the control panel identifies the mouse as "Microsoft PS2." The
touchpad mouse cursor works fine, and so does the "tap-tap" double-click.
But the horizontal- and vertical-scroll features are not there.
Untested:
Have yet to try DVD movies.
Also I will be trying LS-120s soon...
|system:Linux|
[?]Can
I run Linux on Transmonde notebooks. Which Linux.
[-]Transmonde
actually endorses Linux and claims in printed catalogs to be "Linux
friendly".
[-]
I picked up SuSE 6.3 and started looking at the manual, but haven't
broken the discs seal yet. X ver is 3.3.5. Was also considering
Mandrake
6.5. Both have same versions of kernel, KDE and X.
Differences:
Mandrake:
--Includes a version of
Partition
Magic & BootMagic.
--Optimized for Pentium-class
CPU.
SuSE:
--Includes much more Linux
software, 6 discs total.
--Not optimized for Pentium,
will run on a 486
I figured the optimization
might be very minor for all I know. For all I know it's only a compile
switch and I could recompile that way myself. And I already have Partition
Magic, so I went for SuSE with the extra Linux sw.
[!]For
information on video and sound under Linux: see FAQ:Drivers
section.
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