[H-GEN] Linux recommendations for laptop

[john duncan]

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Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> writes:

> I've half given up hoping that FreeBSD will come to the party
> and am considering trying out a Linux distribution.  I want one
> that has a relatively small footprint, can be treated as much
> like Unix as possible, and can be expected to have support for a
> wide range of PCMCIA cards (especially Lucent-type wireless
> cards).  It also needs to be easy to install across a network,
> as my DVD drive in the laptop is broken.

    Hi Greg,
            I think that Slackware is still thought of as the most Unix
like of the Linux distributions.It would fulfill all of your needs,but I
don't know about its support for wireless cards.
            I am using Libranet Linux which is great but nobody could
accuse it of having a small footprint.
                             
                                 Hope this helps,
                                     
                                     John Duncan



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