Suddenly, 5 or six hours for an installfest doesn't seem like much time. I'm not sure if I'd get around to a debian install or not, probably just stick to one or two and then get a couple questions answered if I could. One other thought comes to mind, how well is a linksys LNETX ver 4 ethernet card supported in slackware and SuSE, I tried their hardware databases, but didn't seem to find it. I know that doesn't amount to too much, just wondering. I also have an old AIMs lab TV tuner/video card on this box, I had noticed in some old distros that it was at least partially supported. Good thing as it hasn't worked in windoze since directX version 5, and I hated the idea of just throwing a perfectly good video/TV card out. --- nick phillips <np at f-matic.net> wrote: > Seeing as no one else has mentioned it, can I put in a vote for Debian? > Sure, it's a bitch to get everything up and running, and you'll be > pulling your hair out before you've got your soundcard to actually play > an mp3, but by the end of it you'll have had a pretty decent > introduction to the thing that makes linux so much fun... > > ..that is, editing config files, of course! > > OK, I'm (kinda) joking, but I do think it's worth putting a debian > install on there if you have space. I've learned a whole hell of lot > from using it, and I've know got it running on a Athlon box and a couple > of old-ish powerbooks, and it works great. Apt-get and dselect are works > of genius (though now available for other distros too, of course) -- and > if you want shiny new KDE 3 / Gnome 2 desktops etc., then > debian-unstable is a fun place to fool around, and surprisingly > un-unstable too. > > Unfortunately I won't be able to make the installfest, but I'm sure > Debian CDs wouldn't be too hard to find on this listserve if you were > interested. > > best, > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list