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On May 23, 5:58 pm, Rule of Life <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Pretty sure that linux mint 12  frooze at the login screen due to a
buggy atl1c evilnet kernel driver,think its got something to do with
advanced power managment