On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Mark Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I disagree on hardware. My computer, A Presario, has a bios that does > kernel panic over apic when you try to install. Koppix aborts > altogether, and it gives several other distros fits. Compaq says that > it updated the bios when they did a warranty servicing a couple of > months ago. Be sure that what you buy doesn't count on using a win > modem either, it might not even work for faxes, so using broadband won' > completely solve your problem. > Ubuntu tells you why it is having kernel panic, but doesn't tell you how > to fix it. > > Mandriva installs well, but I feel sorry for a newbie. I once saw an > old pro spend a week trying to get a win modem to work with Red Hat 7.3!!! > > Don't go to Tiger Direct, either. They once sold me a barebone kit with > the memory sticks incompatible with the rest of the kit. > > Mark Wallace > Sensitive readers should find a commercial for the next minute or two. You aren't helping yourself here. A Presario is, a prebuilt Compaq, right? So putting aside how terrible Compaq is, buying a prebuilt didn't help you at all. You bought prebuilt because "the manufacturer has already figured out what hardware is compatible with what" and it didn't work! Didn't really get the intended result there. The winmodem thing is equally useless. I realize I'm gonna get the "we can't all afford broadband, and some people live where you can't get it" thing, but that argument gets less relevant by the minute, and I don't believe it applies to the original poster. Correct me if I'm wrong, John. And faxes? I've used a fax machine twice in my life, never on the receiving end, and there are services that convert emailed pdfs and documents to a fax and send them for you. And on top of all that, let's pretend that having the right modem is important. How on earth does that make buying a prebuilt machine better?! If you really really need to have a modem that works in Linux, wouldn't you rather buy the right modem separately and install it yourself? You are making my point for me, in a very awkward way. -Jay _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
