I have an HP Compaq Presario v5000; 512RAM; 1.5 Ghz Celeron M.
I basically want the Slackware-based distro that has the best hardware support. Some distros just don't like laptops, I think. I also have an evil Broadcom card.
Thanks!
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I have an HP Compaq Presario v5000; 512RAM; 1.5 Ghz Celeron M.
I basically want the Slackware-based distro that has the best hardware support. Some distros just don't like laptops, I think. I also have an evil Broadcom card.
Thanks!
Why not ask this question on a slackware forum ?
..try Zenwalk 5, itś fast (startup 20-30 sec). best with DSL, not slow, using Modem 56K, but you can't connect, if you be european, using ISDN Cards. ISDN is not implemented... (same as slack)
package-manager is not as easy as ubuntu does. but V 5.2 will include easier netpkg . synaptic is not included.
overseas greets....
FYI that ZenWalk 5.2 beta and ZenLive 5.2Alpha (liveCD version)
are available to test. So far the beta is very sweet on my laptop.:guitar:
The ZenLive 5.2 alpha supports USB install with persistence. I'll try that out hopefully tonight.:KS
Slackware is the best Slackware-based distro. :)
That being said, I am quite happy with the way VectorLinux runs on my Compaq Presario (an older model than yours though).
SLAX, without a doubt.
Hi:
Well I also have a Broadcom card and I am running it quite successfully with Slackware 12.1 and kernel 2.6.24.5-smp. The Broadcom card is:
As I am using xfce I also installed wicd for a network manager. So it can be done :-).Code:root@skamandros/home/andrew# lspci | grep Broadcom
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
Andrew
Why run something "Slackware-based" when you can run the real thing?