[qoute]It didn't work properly on my laptop - I was left with a big cross in the middle of my screen when running X (I'm sure a lot of you know the cross I mean, you've probably seen it when X is first loading, before it turns into what your mouse cursor looks like), and after using it for a few minutes my my would always stop working.

I've never had this problem with any other distro, but didn't spend any time trying to fix it (the X config file looked ok though) since I never really intended to use it full time, I just installed it to see what it was like.

This link may be of some use to you:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/hwcursor

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Quote: It didn't work properly on my laptop - I was left with a big cross in the middle of my screen when running X (I'm sure a lot of you know the cross I mean, you've probably seen it when X is first loading, before it turns into what your mouse cursor looks like), and after using it for a few minutes my my would always stop working.

I've never had this problem with any other distro, but didn't spend any time trying to fix it (the X config file looked ok though) since I never really intended to use it full time, I just installed it to see what it was like.

This link may be of some use to you:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/hwcursor

Thats looks like exactly the problem that I had, so if I ever run into it again I'll know where to look :)

Can't wait to try it then. =)
I'll try to get my friends to convert too, since they have AMD64s, and they run 32bit Windows XP =P.

Ubuntu looks amazing... but I am loyal to Slackware... yet lately Slackware has turned into a nightmare since I have to set up every inch of my system. It has been nearly two weeks since I installed and I still don't have it even close to getting it set up. No matter how clean and stable Slackware might be I don't think it's worth it. I am going to wait a couple of weeks for my Ubuntu CDs to arrive and if I am not satisfied with Slackware I am moving to Ubuntu. I mean installing software just by writting a couple of lines sure beats searching around the internet for the right library.

Honestly, I would've installed Ubuntu by now, if it weren't for the massive time investment I've put into my Gentoo install.

One of my friend told me to try Gentoo, but seeing how I'm a Linux noob, I wanted an easier distro. =P

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Honestly, I would've installed Ubuntu by now, if it weren't for the massive time investment I've put into my Gentoo install.

Hm, I don't get this Ubuntu deal -- Does it have anything that would make one choose this distro over Gentoo?

Depends... Gentoo is a really powerful distribution but you have to put a lot of work and effort to get it set up. Ubuntu is already set up for you but it does not have the speed of a custom Gentoo system.

Both Gentoo and Ubuntu have excellent package managment systems and I would say they are both really similar. The difference is whether you are ready to spend the time to compile your entire system or just install the thing from a single disk. The advantage to compiling from scratch is you get a faster system.

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Quote: Original post by Promit
Honestly, I would've installed Ubuntu by now, if it weren't for the massive time investment I've put into my Gentoo install.

Hm, I don't get this Ubuntu deal -- Does it have anything that would make one choose this distro over Gentoo?

Time. Installing Gentoo takes a lot of time. You get major benefits for doing so, of course, that no non-source distro can't hold a candle to.

It all depends on what you think is right. Is a 48+ hour setup time worth a half second speed increase of everything?