I tested the live version of sabayon linux 3.4f mini edition (CD) 64bit on my dell inspiron 1501 with AMD Turion tl-56 dual core. Key components are sata hard disk, ati onboard graphics accelerator, broadcom ethernet and wifi and other untested parts

I got 3d (using xgl) on ati workin. During boot up the live cd presents a gui 3d acceleration toggle menu before starting kde. It not only is the first distro which has helped ati graphics gain some of my respect back but it also is an answer to those who complain linux is all about command line and configuration text files.

The other piece of hardware that i waited so long to get workin was the broadcom wifi.

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