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Hi all. I have bought a low end laptop and am trying to get Linux to
run on it,currently my graphics are not supported on linux but it will
run in narative modes i found out after installing Linux Mint 12 and
having it work for a couple days then freeze at the login screen.
The new kernal has support for new ATI graphics drivers but maybe not
mine think the latter 7xxx series of ATI.
Im looking for a distribution that is like FreeBSD to install,can be
totally customised from the start after installing a base system and
kernal.

I would run FreeBSD but hardware support somethings is a bit
tricky,like NTFS file systems and the like.

Im currently considering Gentoo but then i looked at Debian and it
looked more easy to configure,I know Debian is well maintained,not
sure about Gentoo.

What should I go with,you personal opinion is what i am looking for
and your personal perfference.

I have had no luck with Fedroa or what ever its called now or ubuntu.

The system will play movies,music and edit video,as its my laptop.

I have not told you my laptop specifications,should not matter its
modern as they come and in with ATI graphics which AMD dose not even
support for linux,though the drivers are available they are buggy as
hell.

Would like to run Gnome,but Xfce will do,to cut out Gnome bugs

Thanks in Advance Linux People