[odf-discuss] Linspire's MOOX initiatives

[marbux]

On 7/11/07, Jean Hollis Weber <jeanweber at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here is part of what I wrote to Daniel: I'm delighted to report that
> Ubuntu's installation from the desktop CD has improved with each release.
> It was a good distro for newbies before, but now it's even better -- I
> feel
> much more confident now that I can hand a CD to someone (except the
> totally
> clueless) and they would be able to install it successfully without
> assistance.
>
> A caveat here. I use the Ubuntu-based MEPIS these days and love it. If
you're interested in a relatively painless apt-get solution for newbies, try
the Adept package manager, which is widely available

But Ubuntu-based distros still have problems with many dual core, 64-bit
Intel motherboards and chipsets. I happen to have one of them and neither
Kubuntu or MEPIS installs were painless, mainly because Intel's Linux driver
and BIOS support for my hardware is sadly lacking. In working around those
problems, I learned searching on the web that these are commonly encountered
install problems for Ubuntu-based distributions.

Lessons learned: [i] check out new hardware compatibility even more
carefully before buying it; [ii] installing an Ubuntu-based system isn't
going to let you sidestep lesson 1; and [iii]  AMD has a big head start over
Intel on dual core 64-bit Linux support.
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