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Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad R31 - use 4.10 or 5.3?
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Dave Horsfall wrote:

> So, the question is: should I be running 4.10 (because I track whatever my 
> boss uses, and my home server uses it for that reason), or should I take 
> the plunge and max-out my ADSL line in downloading 5.3?

You should use 5.3, it will run much better on your ThinkPad, it not 
only supports Cardbus but also has support for ACPI, which I think is 
quite necessary on a notebook.

cu,
Uwe
(running 5.3 on a TP A31)