[CS-FSLUG] Laptop: Latest Episode

[Don Parris]

On Nov 7, 2007 10:51 AM, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:

> For those inclined to follow what I'm doing with my Latitude D505, I
> decided to give openSUSE a try. If I'm forced to use a mega-corp
> product, it might as well be Linux.
>
> Turns out it's the only one which worked "out of the box" -- I get
> susped-to-RAM and hibernate without twiddling anything, from full GUI
> and back to full GUI with no operational glitches. I get Ndiswrapper
> working just fine with my Broadcom wirless. This is also the only
> distro I've found which offered me a full 1024x768 framebuffer
> resolution on my Intel graphics chipset.
>
> I'm still not a fan of Novell and their corporate maneuvering with MS
> and others, but the product works for me. I have escaped Windows with
> full use of my laptop's features. I can't ask for more than that.
>
>
> Well, at least you do not have to depend on Windows anymore.  That's quite
a blessing, imo.

Blessings,
Don
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D.C. Parris
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