From: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer
> > > Well i have given up on trying to configured Windows
> > > / Linux together. I can't get the hardware right
> > > and don't feel like fucking with it anymore. I
> > > wanna build a computer just for linux-debian. I
> > > know what kinda motherboard and KMD processor i
> > > wanna get but could someone please list what i
> > > should use for a modem, sound card, video card that
> > > will configure perfect and won't require much work
> > > but installing it and configuring X Windows. Thanks
> > > to all those who respond!
>
> > modem: doesn't matter really, just make sure it's
> > external, and make sure that is isn't a winmodem.
>
> So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal modems
> and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is capable of building
> their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable of reading the requirements
> of a modem they purchase. I've used two or three different *internal*
> modems with Linux with no problems. There are plenty out there that will
> work just fine.
>
> My current modem is a USR (pre-3Com days, I believe). It's a true v.90
> modem, not "upgraded" from their 'X2" firmware. Most importantly, it
> even has jumpers ! It does have PnP mode, and just so happens to ship
> with the jumpers in that mode, but I always try and set my modems to (in
> Dos-speak) Com2/IRQ3. I guess that's one benefit of an external. They
> can't be PnP, can they ??
They also have cool looking lights!
- Kevin.
>
> Regards
> Hall
>
>
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