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PClinuxOS great on ibm x20!

post #1 of 4
4/5/06 at 7:36pm
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I'm so chuffed. Decided to try Linux again- went through Ubuntu and MepisLite and then- thanks to recs on this site- gave pclinuxos a go. Only distro so far that flawlessly detected my ethernet broadband connection and made getting online a painless procedure. OK, still doesn't recognise my belkin wireless card, but since the machine is set up to dual boot win 2000 pro, that's not a major issue. I'm just happy that i've finally found a distro that lets me connect to broadband with the minimum of faffing about.

Incidentally, setting up the partitions and swap file through pclinux was a breeze in comparison to ubuntu, where i ended up having to set up a swap file through the command line.

next step: to work out how to install apps/ make sure that pclinux detects my usb drives and Kword can read my files!

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post #2 of 4
4/6/06 at 1:53am
Look in pccontrol center for wireless config.
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post #3 of 4
4/6/06 at 5:17am
Oh man, don't say stuff like that.

I've been waiting for an excuse to buy an IBM x20/21 laptop. They've got used ones on sale for pretty cheap at a computer center near my place. I've been wanting to dual boot win2000/slackware10.2 on it.

I've got some questions about the X20 though.

Is there a space for an internal wireless card or is it only available through PCMCIA? Also does it have USB2.0 or is USB1.1? Anything I should look for in particular? Finally, Do you think that it'd be worth it to pick one up for around $200-250 USD?

It'd mostly be just something to play around with.
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post #4 of 4
4/7/06 at 1:47am
Slack 11 coming soon! But real hard to beat PCLinuxOS for a desktop. I myself don't care for gnome so I never got into Ubuntu.
I have been playing with FoxLinux Desktop 1 and am liking it. Believe me I never thought I say that about ANYTHING Fedora based but I suggest to try it if rpm's are your bag not as advanced as PCLOS but close so far. I still need to play with it some more " he said play with IT!" before I can truely recommend it. And never forget about Kanotix if you like Debian.
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