I totally agree. My Mepis experiences have been good too. I have the latest iso if needed.
Rob sirlancelot said: > 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). > > 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 >> >> >> > > > -- Robert Fisher FishNet Computer & Electrical Services www.fisher.net.nz 03 3835807 027 477 3356
