On 13 November 2014 06:13, James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
Hi Thierry,
Appreciate your feedback :) But I've been using CRUX for over a decade or so now (I honestly can't remember!) But never on Laptop(s) :)
Based on my experience with Dell laptop, Crux in hands of person as experienced as James might be better than Ubuntu. I hit some problem with TouchPad and to address I had to patch and recompile drivers. The patch is in newer kernel. (BTW. That might be useful link: http://xps13-9333.appspot.com/)
I think I'll be okay :) But all your points are of course completely right!
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One thing I think we all tend to do (to cheat a bit) is to stick in an Ubunto-based Live CD and do an lsmod -k on the system to get a list of what kernel modules it has loaded up for various bits and pieces of hardware :)
You could copy Ubuntu kernel into Crux as a fallback, couldn't you? Out of curiosity, how do you plan to manage network. I used Crux only on desktop and even in case of wireless network I've been using rc.d net script. Cheers, Wawrzek -- Dr Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański or Wawrzek for short PhD in Quantum Chemistry & MSc in Molecular Engineering WWW: http://wawrzek.name E-MAIL: jobs@wawrzek.name Linux User #177124