Subj : Re: Best distro for Laptop
To   : comp.os.linux
From : cacophony
Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 01:34 am

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:

> I have a Toshiba 2595XDVD laptop with a 30 GB drive.
> It currently runs Windows 98.  I use Fedora on my
> server but that might not be the best distro for the
> laptop.  The laptop is used for flight planning with
> Flitesoft, a Windoze program.
> 
> Which distros support WINE well?
> 
> Which distros support dual boot and mounted FAT file system well?
> 
> I could either go the WINE route or dual boot.
> 
> Which distros should I look at?

I'm running SuSE 9.1 on my laptop, and I haven't run into any problems,
except installing the nvidia graphics drivers on my gf4 440 go (resolution
problems)

And I suggest a dual boot, or running VMware.  Wine isn't exactly reliable
for every program.

.