OT: way to make windows less obnoxious?

[Maynard Wright]

I've just installed Dapper (6.06 LTS) on my Toshiba Satellite L25-S119 
and it seems to work very well.  Issues I had with RedHat 8 on the 
Toshiba that aren't issues with Dapper involve:

USB port operation
Wireless access
Automatic shutoff
Battery charge indication

I'm not blaming RedHat 8.  I've used it (and still do) for several years 
with hardly a blip on an older Dell laptop on which the issues above 
don't exist.  I found RH8 to be so stable and useful that I've used only 
Linux for several years.

I still have a few things to work out, but I'm pretty happy with Dapper. 
 I thank this group for some really useful help.

Maynard
 

O. Sinclair wrote:

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>As for the rest, battery etc etc, either go through 
>ubuntuforums/kubuntuforums or simply give it a go. The LiveCD might 
>help. And btw - I would go Dapper, not Edgy... even if Edgy is supposed 
>to be better with laptops.
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>Sinclair
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