on x , jwm worked . Install to hd. went badly . [ctrl] + doesn't always work but OS. does cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress .
20090528 latest MINT
Got sound , wireless , native resolution of screen . Desktop very smooth but poorly conceived . Didn't succeed at x restart in different desktop environment on LIVE cd . Repositories added flash fine . Kuickshow went in fine too . If it can KDE. , and I don't mean that dead common stupid recent fork away from KDE. this distro should work well . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090504 PCLinuxOS 2009
On 3 it does get wireless and more software in the repositories makes this viable , unlike before . Never worked out on x . Did flash vid fine and I'm writing from it now . Good KDE. oob. and native resolution . I dislike the freeciv in the base repositories . Kuickshow still displays noise instead of pictures even after replacing extra parts of the graphics system from the basic repositories . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090430 simply MEPIS 8.0.06 64 bit
On 3 , Got sound , KDE. , only native resolution . No wireless . Test terminated , no - I don't care if some extra tweaking might change the wireless situation . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090428 simply MEPIS 8.0.06 32 bit
On 3 , Got sound , KDE. , only native resolution . No wireless . Test terminated , no - I don't care if some extra tweaking might change the wireless situation . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090423 Sidux1.09 kde full
Got sound and nice resolutikon on G . Sound but no wireless on 3 . No , I won't waste time on your ethernet fantasies when hundreds of other distributions would like a review too . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090423 Calculate x64
Botched screen on 3 after I told it the resolution . No wireless on 3 . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090423 ELive 1.7.24 8-27/09
Just added KDE 3 to hd install , doesn't seem as good as my upgraded install but does flash etc. fine . After KDE. install , wireless gets much easier after adding Epanel to KDE.'s panel . 20090429 Maybe my new main distro as it currently sees the partitions of other distro.'s ok. . 2009.06.18 Suspend to disk MORE than doubles battery life , indicating that it doesn't just shut down one core . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090423 antiXmepis 20090211
No wireless and no further review . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090423 Frugalware 1.6 final 686
Would not install on 3 .
20090415 Chakra 686 - 090218alpha2
Needs KDE . Got wireless , sound , flash . Looks good iff you can get real KDE . 20090423 hd install hung at desktop . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090415 Kubuntu w actual KDE 3.x
Has KDE , much better UI. then last version of distro . Got native resolution on 3 . Internet failed on wireless despite Knetworkmanager seeing the available networks . Ether net also failed . Couldn't test sound or flash . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090411 Calculate
Didn't get KDE on Live running distro despite evidence in synaptic that it can get KDE3 . Very bad U.I. . They should have stuck to jwm. so they would waste less ram etc. . Got internet over ethernet cable .
20090411 Mint 6 KDE.
Didn't get KDE on Live running distro despite evidence in synaptic that it can get KDE3 . Very bad U.I. . They should have stuck to jwm. so they would waste less ram etc. . Got internet over ethernet cable . Sound worked . Didn't initially boot on 3 but it booted on David's laptop . Wiping giant smudges off disk and spinning it very fast in another laptop did clean it enough to boot on 3 .
20090411 SLAX 'now'
ksr--wKDE 3.x works fine . Sound worked . Only got native resolution of laptop 3 . Wireless didn't work . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090405 Elive got upgraded
Tended to freeze when I opened 90 browser tabs , unlike Sabayon 4 . Everything seems to work fine . 20090411 still tends to lose sound quality if pandora.com goes through some power saving state . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090330 Untangle 602
Shares stuff out fine but doesn't come with squid caching for my virtual rack . Refused to recieve DSL. from nic vs onboard ethernet but a re-install fixed that . Very good at letting box 2 route .
20090330 Puppy , latest
Burn didn't verify but worked fine on 3 . -wireless but potentially fixable . An impressive little monster .
20090324 PCLinuxOS and MEPIS 8 , latest
Both = good . I'm using 2 rc back as the MEPIS on 3 and I suspect a different RC was better on x . Current plan = use MEPIS as prime distro on x as it saw everything including a driver specifically for the new ip4200 printer . MEPIS also did pppoe with great ease . The switch will wait until we get settings for the 'network' worked out . I like the new PCLinuxOS but after I download a couple applications on MEPIS PCLinuxOS still suffers from lack of working devices . Both suffer a critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade ..
20090222 Sidux
This one got sound on g . I didn't test it on x . It might make a wired connection and then one might manage to fix the wireless . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade ..
20090217 Granular 1.0 86
No on x . No wireless on 3 . Even got sound on g . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090217 Alt 4.1.1.3
Did boot 3 . Sound , resolution and the russian language , changeable , all worked fine on g . Rather good after I localised it to the US. . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090217 OPen SUSE 11.1
Kde problem on 3 . Poor sound on g . no modem on x . Tends to botch screen resolution . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090217 simply MEPIS 7.9.95 rc3 _64
No x , that box uses a 32 bit cpu . Bad resolutions on g . Got kde , sound , and wireless on 3 . Looks like my next main distro , especially if I steal the ability to scroll horizontilly from elive . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .
20090217 Pure OS
I refused further testing on g after it stuck me with some bad resolution . Kde , sound and screen size worked on 3 but not wireless . On box x the modem even worked . Suffers critical defect , distro fails to cycle through extra resolutions after [ctrl][alt][+] keypress which worked for over half a decade .