On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:31:32 -0600, Erik Anderson <erik at andersonfam.org> wrote: > Jeff Nelson wrote: > >> 1. I am not tied to a particular distribution and am willing to try >> another. Recommendations accepted. > > Well OK - I'll offer a recommendation! I just finished instaling linux > on my laptop - a Dell Inspiron 8500. I went through Redhat, Mandrake, > and Debian with no success. Most of my problems were caused by the > broadcom bcm4400 NIC - I'm assumming that this is the same chipset that > your HP uses. > > On a whim, one afternoon, I decided to try Gentoo. Lo and behold, > *everything* worked. Everything. I was so impressed by their distro > that I'm starting to migrate several other boxes to gentoo. Me too! And I've put it on two dell laptops too. Smokes on my old P2 - 400. Gentoo rocks! > > One thing to keep in mind is that Gentoo is not an *quick* distro to > install by any stretch of the imagination. This is mainly because it is > designed to download and compile itself from source. Gentoo does, > however, provide excellent documentation on their website ( > www.gentoo.org ). > > I'd be glad to help out if you have any questions. > I also can help - but the gentoo forums should be your first stop - some real good guys/gals there - I've always been able to find answers to my questions on the forums. > -Erik > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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