Halp!

[Mabus_Zero]

Hello, a newb here, and I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what to install on my laptop. I have an F7kr Asus Notebook, and have had little to no luck in finding a distro which is completely compatible with it. PCLinuxOS hangs up trying to accommodate the Yukon/Marvel PCI-E Cat-5 port through which I derive my internet, Saybayon has no luck with my ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 video card, and Ubuntu....well, Ubuntu 7.10 just stops loading half-way through. I'm not looking for much more then the option of 3D Desktop, pre-install basic internet access for on-spot patching, and some ease of use, as well as some instinctively and aesthetically tasteful GUI features, with ease of modification.

What am I looking for, folks?

[L4Linux]

I am not a guru, so I can only suggest to try more distros. I suggest Fedora, OpenSUSE or Mandriva...

[Bemk]

Maybe Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10 gives you more luck, If you can't get those to work, you can also try an alternate install which is a bit more difficult because you need to know some things about the command line, to install graphical environment. You can also try Fedora or Mandriva. In the end I think you'll get it working.

I'm not a guru either (I'm a n00b to be honest) and I can't say much more than this and try more distro's.

The advantage of an alternate install is that you get a basic system and can tweak it to your needs, and install nothing more if you don't want to. I wish you luck and hope some guru's will be able to help you out if this doesn't work

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Any of the top 10 or so distros listed at DistroWatch.com should work on your computer as long as the installation disks are burned properly and there are no hardware conflicts present. Sometimes, you might have to experiment with various kernel boot options to get past sticking points.

Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and PCLinuxOS are all popular choices, but there are plenty of others on the list at DistroWatch that should work. As suggested above, you might have to keep on experimenting.

[Mabus_Zero]

Okay, thanks. And yeah, after a further inquiry I started downloading a full image of Open SUSE.

[jayd512]

Welcome aboard!

You might also want to look into some of the distros that have a LiveCD option. At least then you'll be able to find out if he OS is compatible with most of your hardware.

[foottuns]

run a live distro of fedora and suse, if everything works swell than download the distro and install it, but what i recommend for you is suse....