Hi Kieran, At 11:57 19/05/02 +0100, you wrote: > Because of the peculiar geographic location of our studio, it's a real > pain to have to keep driving up there and rebooting the machine, so we > want to move away from Windows.
I absolutely agree, Linux would be a good move. >Any suggestions? I tried Debian the other day but I spent a couple of >hours swearing and cursing but it just couldn't seem to recognise the >network card, or if it was then it certainly wasn't using it! Debian (as will all the other modern Linux distributions) is compatible with most hardware, particularly network cards, however what seems to be the problem is hardware auto-detection, which Debian doesn't do well (yet). In which case I might take a look at the latest Mandrake. It has good hardware auto-detection, and while the last versions needed a lot of HD space, apparently the latest has a good minimal install that should be sufficient for your needs. I haven't used Mandrake for a while so can't confirm it but it might be worth a look. If not, then persevering with Debian might be your best bet, because of the distributions with minimal requirements it is one of the easiest. Also while the install is a bit more difficult than most, maintenance (which is the vast majority of the effort on a system) is much easier. Another option is Slackware, which I know nothing about but have heard to be not so easy to install, but good to use and maintain. Hope this helps, Steven Murdoch. -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.murdomedia.net/ PGP/GnuPG keys: http://www.murdomedia.net/keys.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
