I just installed Vector Linux 5.9 on my old Dell C600 laptop and it went off without a hitch.
I have a Linksys wi-fi card that I couldn't get to work under Ubuntu or Fedora and it took only a minute to get it working under Vector Linux. I like everything about this system so far. I haven't had to tweak anything and the system is working great. Just what a noob like me needs.

Ah oh. I ran into my first problem. I can't get my dvd drive to mount.

Here's my fstab


# CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
#/dev/cdwriter /mnt/cdwriter iso9660 defaults,noauto,rw,user 0 0
#/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0
#/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0

#/dev/hdc /mnt/dvd iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0


I was uncommenting some of these and trying them but they don't seem to work
I tried, as root: "mount /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd" but it doesn't work. Maybe I need a new entry in my fstab. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get my dvd drive to mount?

DVD no problem. Fixed that in a minute. Vector is rad. It's fast and it is ready to use. I love Vector Linux. Bless the God of Vector Linux. Bow down and kiss the ring.

My system is still top notch. It rules over Doze and osx and all linux distros. Vector is the King. Vector users are a small, underground group but we wield a system the rules over all and answers to no one. Later it will become chic to run Vector and we will wince and remember the day when we were mavericks.

BTW, what is your favourite distro ? ;-)

Glad to hear you like Vector LInux. Never tried it, but who would buy a Deluxe version?

Micro420,

I would buy it for a commercial deployment of desktops. Once you understand how to install it, it is almost plug and play.

But isn't that every Linux distribution?

If Vector Linux support was cheap and affordable, then I can see why business would go for it. Fortunately at my institution, we get Red Hat licenses for $25 per machine. That's cheap so we stick with Red Hat. No disrespect to Vector Linux - I'm sure it is a good distro. I'll try it out on my virtual machine one day.

Micro420,

Its more about choice then price. Vector runs on older hardware and has a more stable OS source then some of the other distros that run on older machines.

For example I am running desktops that are 7-8 years old. Thus Vector works well for me.