Sabayon vs. the laptop

ButteBlues

A few weeks back, I gave Sabayon a try.

I wanted to give the whole Gentoo experience a shot.

Sadly, I was forced to abandon it, since I could only use the MiniCD, and my laptop cooked and shutdown any time I tried to update the simplest package, since it all builds from source.

I guess Sabayon will have to wait until I can get a new desktop.

RAV TUX

Quote:

Originally Posted by a simple façade

A few weeks back, I gave Sabayon a try.

I wanted to give the whole Gentoo experience a shot.

Sadly, I was forced to abandon it, since I could only use the MiniCD, and my laptop cooked and shutdown any time I tried to update the simplest package, since it all builds from source.

I guess Sabayon will have to wait until I can get a new desktop.

Sabayon makes it clear it is not for older hardware.

ButteBlues

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAV TUX

Sabayon makes it clear it is not for older hardware.

My laptop really isn't too old - it still cooks.

woopud

Sabayon 3.25 flies on my HP AMD64 laptop !

Bert

meng

Sabayon crawls on my notebook, which granted is almost 4 years old but has 512MB RAM and runs Ubuntu a treat!

woopud

Well, my laptop has only 512 mb too, what kind of processor you have ?
Bert

meng

P-4 2.8 GHz, poor cousin to yours! Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 run at near-lightning speed though.

woopud

Well, it's only a 800mhz amd64 , 512mb ram and sabayon still rocks on this laptop and most importantly, broadcom wireless works out of the box ! So far I like it better then Ubuntu.

Bert

FuturePilot

Sabayon didn't like my laptop. It was slow, especially running updates.

Beryl was an issue too.

Antman

Old thread but I thought I'd throw in my two cents.
I use both Ubuntu 6.10 and Sabayon 3.3 (DVD edition) on my laptops. Both run great, but Sabayon supports more of my laptop features out of the box (like suspend mode and such).

Even though I'm not thrilled about the "compile a new app thing", at least I can still use my machine while it is compiling. Also, the Sabayon team is soon to release a binary install tool that should ROCK...

Ant

January 11th, 2007	#1
ButteBlues Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ~wfarr Beans: 410	Sabayon vs. the laptop A few weeks back, I gave Sabayon a try. I wanted to give the whole Gentoo experience a shot. Sadly, I was forced to abandon it, since I could only use the MiniCD, and my laptop cooked and shutdown any time I tried to update the simplest package, since it all builds from source. I guess Sabayon will have to wait until I can get a new desktop. __________________ Linux is not Windows \| Feel like ranting? \| Blog

January 29th, 2007	#4
woopud Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Colorado Beans: 170 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Sabayon 3.25 flies on my HP AMD64 laptop ! Bert __________________ Dell Optiplex GX-150, 933 mhz, 512 MB Ram, XP Lite + Ubuntu 8.04 G4 Quicksilver, 733 mhz, 1.25 GB Ram, OS X 10.4 + Ubuntu 8.04

January 29th, 2007	#5
meng Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Beans: 4,208 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Sabayon crawls on my notebook, which granted is almost 4 years old but has 512MB RAM and runs Ubuntu a treat!

January 29th, 2007	#6
woopud Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Colorado Beans: 170 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Well, my laptop has only 512 mb too, what kind of processor you have ? Bert __________________ Dell Optiplex GX-150, 933 mhz, 512 MB Ram, XP Lite + Ubuntu 8.04 G4 Quicksilver, 733 mhz, 1.25 GB Ram, OS X 10.4 + Ubuntu 8.04

January 29th, 2007	#7
meng Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Beans: 4,208 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop P-4 2.8 GHz, poor cousin to yours! Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 run at near-lightning speed though.

January 30th, 2007	#8
woopud Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Colorado Beans: 170 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Well, it's only a 800mhz amd64 , 512mb ram and sabayon still rocks on this laptop and most importantly, broadcom wireless works out of the box ! So far I like it better then Ubuntu. Bert __________________ Dell Optiplex GX-150, 933 mhz, 512 MB Ram, XP Lite + Ubuntu 8.04 G4 Quicksilver, 733 mhz, 1.25 GB Ram, OS X 10.4 + Ubuntu 8.04

January 30th, 2007	#9
FuturePilot Can't Get Enough 64bit Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2006 Beans: 3,953 Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Sabayon didn't like my laptop. It was slow, especially running updates. Beryl was an issue too.

April 16th, 2007	#10
Antman Grande Half-n-Half Cinnamon Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Realm of Choice Beans: 937	Re: Sabayon vs. the laptop Old thread but I thought I'd throw in my two cents. I use both Ubuntu 6.10 and Sabayon 3.3 (DVD edition) on my laptops. Both run great, but Sabayon supports more of my laptop features out of the box (like suspend mode and such). Even though I'm not thrilled about the "compile a new app thing", at least I can still use my machine while it is compiling. Also, the Sabayon team is soon to release a binary install tool that should ROCK... Ant __________________ Sidux 2009.2 Αιθήρ / Windows 7

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