Which Linux Distro

[gearshifter]

I need a distro that can easily adapt with a 9300



I need drivers that work for 1920x1200, drivers for my 6800go, and lastly i really need drivers that work for my wireless 2915abg intel card... Is there a distro that easily supports this?

Thanks

[bigtrouble77]

Just experiment with a few until you find one that you really like. Since most are free you have nothing to loose. I'd try Unbuntu, Gentoo, SuSe and Fedora in that order.

btw, you're gonna have to reinstall the video drivers no matter what distro you go with as GL is never configured by default. I got up and running with both my ATI and nVidia cards in about 10 minutes with ubuntu.

[SirBA]

suse linux pro 9.3 is the best of all

[abf]

linux 9.3 is a DOG

[drizek]

suse 10 is awesome however. but the developer of a linux app called hdparm has a 9300, and he has an awesome guide for kubuntu hoary and he got EVERYTHING working with a bit of effort. if i were you, id try out suse 10 and see how it goes, because it will most likely work better than ubuntu out of the box. if it works well enough, stick to it, if not then just install kubuntu and follow his guide. sorry, i dont have a link, but google for it.

[bigtrouble77]

Thought I'd also add this...
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=422&Itemid=26

That guy seems to believe that xandros is by far the easiest distro. I've also heard that Mandriva is pretty strong too (but I haven't tried that distro since it was mandrake a few years ago).

The bottom line is that there is no shortage of solid distros.

-BT

[abf]

although Xandros is an OK distro....the Free Circulation Version sucks. I have not tried Mandrake since 10.1 BETA AMD64 and at that point it was solid, just not the greatest hardware support for my rig. Then Suse, I tried 9.1 Personal, 9.1 Pro and 9.3 Pro and I dont know which one is the worst of them....they all suck pretty bad.

[SirBA]

suse 9.3 works great with my c400

[hawky]

Slackware, arch linux, gentoo.

good luck,
Marc

[chuck232]

Ubuntu (or kubuntu) is pretty good. I have it installed right now with only a few quirks. The other distros I've tried SuSE 9.2 Pro and Linspire 5.0 were all pretty crappy for the Z71V.