Laptop friendly Linux distros

[James Knott]

teddy mills wrote:
> 
> I have no problem with running Linux on desktops because there are few
> thermal issues.
> I do have a problem with running Linux on laptops, because I do not know
> what to look for to get the proper thermal support.
> I mean it has to be more than APIC thermal/fan level control?
> 
> Most Linux distros I have seen,  almost never turns on a laptop cpu fan
> at random times, no matter how hot the laptop is getting
> Can you recommend a distro that I can safely run on a laptop? Thank you
> in advance!

I've been running SUSE on my ThinkPad for about 3 years.  Works well and
even has specific ThinkPad support.
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