On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 09:38:25PM +0100 or thereabouts, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 09:01:30AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > > > > debian is the most laptop-friendly distro i've encountered. > > I'd have to question that, even in my recent-Debian-convert fervour. > Slackware comes with a whole range of kernels - low power, apm etc. > When I installed Debian on my work laptop I had to compile a new kernel > with APM and then compile pcmcia from source to match. Nothing taxing > but I wouldn't choose Debian to install on the old laptops I get hold of > for personal use - definitely not on the 4mb RAM/170mb disk/pcmcia > floppy machine I spooned Slackware into.
that's sad. i've never recompiled anything just to get pcmcia to work. they just work! -- Who's watching the watchmen? ICQ: 15096825
