That depends a lot on whether you need the latest kernel. If you have hardware that is not supported by previous kernels/releases of mandrake you may need 8.0. I personally cannot recommend it as I have not been able to get it to work yet and I have spent the last week trying (not that I am a Linux guru - I do all my development on windoze). For example, I have a ATA100 RAID configuration for my drives which requires ATA100 support in the kernel, thus 8.0 of mandrake (or 2.4.x of the kernel). PS: Why buy an external modem? If you must have a modem, the internal ones are far superior, but you would be much better off with a broadband solution these days. ~Wynne -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michelle Knight Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Hello HI, I've been on this list a few days and decided to say hi and introduce myself. I'm utterly and totally a newbie as far as Linux goes (I've been running a machine with Windows as the OS since 1995). I've researched a few companies and decided to go with Mandrake as my distro. A few questions . . . I'm torn if I should buy 7.2 now or wait until 8.0 comes out as a box set. I'm running a 500 Pentium III, 128 meg RAM w/ an 18 Gig HD. I plan on buying an external modem and wonder what brand of modem would be a good choice. Any suggestions? Thanks. Michelle
