What is the Best Linux package to install on Inspiron E1505?

I just got my E1505 in yesterday and im about to try Mandriva, SimplyMepis and OpenSuse on it this weekend. if you email me at ellandry@gmail.com ill be happy to let you know my success or failure

Ubuntu runs quite well on it. Well, the LiveCD detects everything flawlessly at least.

I'm going to give Gentoo a shot once my 100GB hdd arrives.

Message Edited by cmspaz on 01-28-200711:01 AM

It's hard to go wrong with ANY distro of linux.

I've done RedHat (since 5.1)/ Fedora and Linspire (since 2.?) as well as quite a few others; Mepis, Yoper, DSL, and on and on.

Depending on your personal tastes and skills (Linspire is my main squeeze... Desktops AND Laptops... hard distro to beat... easy install, easy program install via CNR, etc. Great forums/support group(s)) Yoper if you want raw speed and max performance from x86 CPUs. Yoper can be a bit of a fit to install... depends...

I've said it before and I'll say it again... ANY distro/version of Linux is head and shoulders above Brand-X. PERIOD!

In a nutshell, try them all! See what floats your boat. 8>)

'til later,
john

You could download and install a couple of different distros totyr out. I personally like PCLINUXOS. Everything worked including my wireless and excluding my winmodem. The NVIDIA drivers were easy to install using Synaptic. I was able to dual boot easily with Win XP. I have been using PCLINUSOS since August. I use it 95% of the time, using my XP for the other 5%. Music is playing in the background, while I type this. I have 10 desktops and open programs on each one. And I never seem to tax my system.