Quoting "Simon Reap (work)" <Simon.Reap@???>:
> Sean Gibbins wrote:
> > m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have picked up a second hand ibm thinkpad x30 laptop and would like to
> >> install an appropriate linux distro on it. After googling it seems that
> >> mandrake 9.1 would be a good choice. However with it being an old version
> i
> >> cant find it for download.
> >>
> >
> > Just out of interest Martin, why not go for the latest version of
> > Mandriva, if Madrake/Mandriva is your preference? Granted, I ghave
> > absolutely no idea how they distribute it these days and as whether it
> > is available FOC any more
> I recently did a test install of Mandriva 2007 on an X40
What specs did the x40 have?
Was it noticabley slower than modern hardware?
did you tweak it to run better?
>and it all went swimmingly - it detected the wireless, it coped with the DVD
>drive being
> on the docking station, the nipple-mouse works fine.
So all the hardware was detected okay then?
thanks
Martin N
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