I just thought I'd send a quick update on my adventures with linux on a core 2 duo. I'm now happily running fedora core 6 (released today). After enabling AHCI mode for SATA, the install went as expected (with network support and "desktop effects," no less). Thanks again for the help! sm On 10/12/06, Adam <adam at askewview.net> wrote: > Sam, > I wish you good luck. I've got a few new Core 2 Duo systems at work and > am having issues as well. Our imaging tool which uses Linux will not see > the cdrom drive and also does not see the RAID1 mirror I have the drives > in. I'm hoping that the ICH8 chipset will be better supported in 2.6.19. > > -Adam > > Sam Martin wrote: > > I had the good fortune of getting a new Core 2 Duo desktop machine at > > work, but I've had no luck so far getting Linux installed on the > > beast. Has anyone figured out a relatively painless way to get a > > stable desktop Linux distro (i.e., release candidate or better) > > installed on one of these systems? > > > >>From the posted specs for this system (I know pretty much nothing > > about the current crop of desktops... all my home Linux boxes are > > Pentium I - III machines): > > <quote> > > Intel(r) Core™2 Duo E6400 > > Intel(r) Q965 Chipset with DDR2 and Intel(r) Core™ Duo support > > </quote> > > > > I didn't have any luck installing Ubuntu 6.06.1, and from what I've > > found via Google, it seems that I'm pretty much outta luck until > > kernel 2.6.18 makes its way into a mainstream distro. I'd really > > rather not be stuck with windoze for the next couple months until that > > happens. Any ideas? At any rate, I can't spend too much time trying > > to get my OS of choice up and running, since I kinda sorta have work > > to do. > > > > It's a bit off-topic, but if I *do* end up having to live with windows > > for a while, does anyone have any good tips for coping with a Windows > > desktop? I found a decent virtual desktop pager, but I still miss my > > middle-click-to-paste, changing window stacking via the mouse (e.g., > > middle-click the title bar of a window in pretty much any window > > manager to move it below other windows), etc. > > > > > > sm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >