I tried to install ubuntu, debian and gentoo.....none of them did the x1000 LCD correctly without me a having to mess with it. I never did get fglrx going/latest drivers installed. Best I could do was 800x600, lol.
Mandriva seems to have it all taken care of for you and am running in the native resolution....basically that was one of the draws to me when I decided to wipe the notebook, refresh it with the lastest version of mandriva (had 2005LE on it, but I had managed to goof it up messing around with it). I wanted to try something new (all of the above), but had terrible issues for some reason. The mandriva install/setup was pretty much easy to do....In fact based onthe installs I've seen, it is probably one of the ones that just about anyone could get thru....ie ready for mass-market-prime-time.
Mandriva seems to have it all taken care of for you and am running in the native resolution....basically that was one of the draws to me when I decided to wipe the notebook, refresh it with the lastest version of mandriva (had 2005LE on it, but I had managed to goof it up messing around with it). I wanted to try something new (all of the above), but had terrible issues for some reason. The mandriva install/setup was pretty much easy to do....In fact based onthe installs I've seen, it is probably one of the ones that just about anyone could get thru....ie ready for mass-market-prime-time.