[mdlug] SUSE 11.4 on note books

[Peter Bart]

On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:34 -0400
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 09:21 -0700, David Lane wrote:
> > I just wanted feed back on Suse 11.4 on note books. 
> 
> I assume you mean openSUSE 11.4, because there is no such thing as
> Suse 11.4.  SuSE != openSUSE
> 
> I've used openSUSE exclusively on my laptop(s) for years.  It has the
> best hardware support, best management tools, and smoothest
> installation of any distribution - full stop.  It also ships the
> normal stack rather than cobbling together something of its own.
> 
> > 1. Does it find network cards?
> 
> Yes, but it depends of course.  Don't buy a laptop with a
> piece-of-crap NIC/WIC.
> 
> Buy hardware to work with your software; do not try to find software
> to work on your hardware.
> 
> > 2. Does it support Web cams? 
> 
> Yes.  I just start Cheese and there I am.  No setup required.  I plug
> in my external webcam and Cheese offers me two input sources - both
> work. Zero setup.
> 
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	I'll echo Adams assessment. I have two openSUSE 11.4 64 bit
	installations working, one on a T61 Thinkpad w/an external
	camera and the other on a P205 Toshiba Satellite w/a built in
	camera. The fingerprint readers are rather finicky, but
	otherwise it just works. 

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