IBM Thinkpad R31 - use 4.10 or 5.3?

[Dave Horsfall]

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Uwe Laverenz wrote:

> 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.

I downloaded the 5.3 mini-install ISO and tried it out, and yes, it 
"finds" a lot more things.  ACPI is recognised, an "unknown card" on PCI0 
turned out to be the video chip (!), and a lot more (CardBus, power switch 
(?), lid switch (?)) etc.

So, 5.3 is the way to go.  Thanks!

-- Dave