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On Saturday 05 Jun 2004 13:40, Solfius wrote:
I've had a browse on the net and it seems the "best" distro for new users is either Mandrake or Red Hat. I've looked at Red Hat but don't fancy a now unsupported version, so I was wondering what Fedora is like for a new user. What would you recomend for a distro?
Personally I'd recommend Mandrake. Fedora has always seemed a little too unstable for my liking.
I'm assuming I'll have to find a new set of drivers for my sound card, or worst case the card is incompatible with Linux (it's a Sound Blaster Live! Player 5.1 on the offchance someone has any idea what will happen to it) is there anywhere in particular that is a good place to start looking for Linux drivers? I'll check the manufacturer site when I get round to looking at the sound card, but I was wondering if there was anywhere else other than Google.
You almost certainly won't have to download or install any drivers at all. Unless you've got some uncommon hardware, everything will be included in the distribution and will be installed automatically. Your SB Live 5.1 will be included in this and will work perfectly - I've got one myself.
So basically what I'm about to try and do is exterminate all remnents of Windows 98 and install Linux, is there anything I should look out for that could render the machine kaputt?
Nope. Bung the disc in, follow the instructions and you should be up-and-running (probably) within half an hour. Have fun! David. -- David Johnson http://www.david-web.co.uk/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.