I'll be honest with you, with the M35, there is a lot of new hardware that isn't "fully" supported. For instance, the synaptics touchpad, you have to set the framerate to 40 or else you get funky behavior in certain apps. In addition, there are a couple of patches you need to make with the kernel in order to avoid keyboard delay, etc. In short, you can get almost everything working well enough in debian but it will take some work. It is definitely worth the effort to learn debian because certain processes are more streamlined in debian, like kernel recompilation, etc, although I haven't used fedora since fc1, they may have fixed it. I am in the process of writing a detailed howto on this and it should be done hopefully. In the meantime if you have certain issues drop me an email.
as far as wireless is concerned, I believe Toshiba uses the Intel's BG2200/BG2100 wireless drivers. If yours is the 2200, you are in luck because those drivers are a lot more mature than the 2100 (mine unfortunately).
Good Luck, Paul
Ryan D'Baisse wrote:
For what it's worth, my goal is to understand, and use, enough of the OS to (1) code for it using C/C++ and (2) to try my hand at building an internet appliance. I WAS going to use Fedora and a Red Hat based base system, but if I run into obstacles on a daily basis with Fedora, I won't be able to keep it as my desktop OS. Likewise, if I cannot keep it as my desktop OS, then I probably will not be comfortable enough with the OS to finally do what I want to with it.
Thanx, Ryan
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