[aklug] Re: Distributions, and a couple liesurely questions

Ubuntu is good, as Damien suggests. I'd actually suggest Mint, unless
you feel like running a little more bleeding edge with Ubuntu Jaunty.

I especially find laptop support to be much better with Mint than
Ubuntu of the same revision level. With Jaunty rolling out on the
26th, this realistically means comparing Ubuntu Jaunty with Mint
Felicia (based on Intrepid), and while I still think that Mint should
come out on top this is something you should decide for yourself.

Mint installs with Envy to build the ATI support out of ATI's catalyst
source code; Ubuntu needs Envy installed seperately to get the same. A
lot of little things, like wireless and audio, that may require a
little tweaking in Ubuntu work by default with Mint simply because the
installer comes with a wider range of device support. Both can do
Compiz. Both use the same repos. Both can use debs. Mint is Ubuntu
with a little extra polish.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> wrote:
> One word... Ubuntu!=3D20
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> From: "Brian ThunderEagle" <thundereagle@hotmail.com>
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> Subject: [aklug] Distributions, and a couple liesurely questions
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> 1) Distributions
>
> There are so many these days I don't know what I'm going to get. Right no=
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> I'm using Sabayon and I like it but it doesn't seem to have as much suppo=
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> =A0as other distros. I'm looking for suggestions on a good distro that ca=
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> lfill some of my needs.
> a) Preferably Beryl as a standard option, not a messy add-on after instal=
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> tion
> b) Driver support for ATI Radeon Mobility, something with known DRI suppo=
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> =A0for ATI.
> c) Emulation support in some way for windows such as Wine.
> d) No clutter, as much as I like Sabayon there is way too much stuff load=
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> g from the get go that bogs everything down.
> e) Fairly good laptop support, It seems that some lesser distros don't li=
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> =A0the hardware in laptops, most notably wireless and audio.
> I was considering either Suse or more so Ubuntu but would like to hear so=
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> =A0suggestions before I wipe my computer.=3D20
>
> 2) Questions
>
> a) DRI and ATI
> There seems to be a lot of problems with ATI cards and DRI not working pr=
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> erly. Installing the latest driver got rid of my errors stating DRI is no=
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> supported, however I still was unable to run fgl_fglxgears/fgl_glxgears. =
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> ybody have some success information with DRI and ATI?
>
> b) Emulation
> Is Wine still the leader in this catagory? I have never had much luck wit=
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> it and would like to know if anyone else has developed something better t=
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> t I haven't heard about.
>
> c) MonoDevelop (C#)
> Has anyone by some slim chance come out with something similar to Microso=
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> s XNA Framework? I would love to write some games for Linux, and somethin=
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> similar to XNA would be convenient.
>
> d) Games
> Has anyone played Vendetta or Regnum on Linux? I found them on LinuxGameT=
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> e and would just like to hear if anyone has played them and how they were=
.
>
> As always I value AKLUGs input and appreciate anyone who can spare the ti=
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> =A0to offer advice.
>
> =A0 =A0 - Brian ThunderEagle
> =A0 =A0 - thundereagle@hotmail.com
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