All devices were identified correctly with the exception of the winmodem in the laptop. I could sit here and bore you with the details but hey, everything just worked!
I have the same spec laptop and have the following problems with Mandrake 9.1:
There is no Power management at all. The Compaq does not support APM and Mandrake 9.1 does not support ACPI out of the box (in spite of the claims by Mandrake). There is no standby, no hibernation and you must stand over it when shutting down and remember to depress the power switch for 4 or 5 seconds to switch off.
The sound volume is software controlled and unsupported.
The rather clever Synaptics touch pad is unsupported apart from the basic mouse functions.
I am reasonably happy with both my Laptop and Mandrake as long as they are kept apart. His remark does make me wonder about the accuracy of anything else in the review.
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All devices were identified correctly with the exception of the winmodem in the laptop. I could sit here and bore you with the details but hey, everything just worked!
I have the same spec laptop and have the following problems with Mandrake 9.1:
There is no Power management at all. The Compaq does not support APM and Mandrake 9.1 does not support ACPI out of the box (in spite of the claims by Mandrake). There is no standby, no hibernation and you must stand over it when shutting down and remember to depress the power switch for 4 or 5 seconds to switch off.
The sound volume is software controlled and unsupported.
The rather clever Synaptics touch pad is unsupported apart from the basic mouse functions.
I am reasonably happy with both my Laptop and Mandrake as long as they are kept apart. His remark does make me wonder about the accuracy of anything else in the review.
If you left your house unlocked and went away on vacation, whos fault is it that your house got broken in?
The burglar's fault!
Who can tell which /. posts come from sentient beings?
If it were not for hime I would never get any mail at all :(
As a new guy around here I had heard of Slashdotting in the readme. I jumped at the chance to join in :-)) The sites responded really quickly, the SD effect does not last long.