robert offered it to you. follow up with him.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:59:48 +1200 (NZST) Matthew Whiting wrote: > Thanks Lance, > > Any recommendations on a site to download MEPIS from, or where I could get > a CD/DVD from? > > Cheers > Matthew > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > > -- Nick Rout
