On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:44:05 +1200 sirlancelot wrote: > Hu Matthew, in my experience, you could install MEPIS in 20 minutes on > your machine and you'll already know if everything works OK before you > commit to it since it installs from a live disk install. It really is > easy, even your dynalink modem will work (installed automatically, but > only with the 2.4 kernel).
why not with 2.6? > > Others will have different ideas, but that would be my choice. > > Lance Blackler > > Matthew Whiting wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >New to Christchurch and to this list, so hello all! > > > >I'm in the process of buying a new machine and wondering whether or not to > >get XP with it. I don't really want to spend hours and hours struggling to > >set the machine up with Linux. I've spent considerable time in the past > >partitioning drives, installing Mandrake 8.2 and running Win98 on the > >other partition. So, three questions: > > > >1. With a reasonably new machine, can there be issues with drivers being > >available for all the hardware? Haven't got all the specs with me at > >present, but the motherboard will be an INTEL D915GAGL UATX LGA775 > >MOTHERBOARD, will be a Philips LCD and DYNALINK 56K INTERNAL PCI MODEM. > >But, just in general, how much time and effort would generally be needed? > >I know Linux distributions are getting more and more user friendly these > >days. I'm a programmer and not really a hardware person. If some of the > >setup is not straightforward and requires editing configuration files I'd > >rather instructions on how to do this. Have no desire at all to try > >hacking config files :o) > > > >2. I am sure there are many opinions on this, but a good Linux version to > >start with? I'd rather not a bloated OS with bits and pieces I may never > >need but would prefer a minimal installation where I can keep tabs on > >everything I've installed and install extra software as needed. So, yeah > >something crisp and easy to maintain! Initially I'll be looking to use the > >machine for web-based programming - PHP with an Apache webserver, MySQL > >database... Maybe one day I'll look at doing some graphics programming. > > > >3. Where can I get a hold of the necessary installation cds? > > > >Thanks for any thoughts... > > > >Cheers > >Matthew > > > > > > -- Nick Rout
