[ snips ] On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:19:01 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 11 November 2002 04:31 am, Mark Heinrich espoused: > > I'm going to build a new computer soon (after I get the parts for > > X-mas - grin) and would like to try a new distribution with it as > > well. This will be for a family computer that has scanner > > (parallel port) and ink jet printer (usb). I'd like something > > that will configure the hardware automatically. The installer > > should work without any problems. > >
> Having said all that Caldera, even if it has been dropped is easy, > and to a degree is Mandrake and Suse, hear lycoris is simple and XP > like. You will get other commendations from others too. Be careful > when we say is 'simple' or 'easy' as that is relative to experience > too, many here are longterm users. > YMMV with any distro, but as posted earlier the XFS install version of RH7.3 is almost a no brainer, and it worked perfectly for my plain vanilla hardware (onboard video and sound, IDE drives, CDRW, hp laserjet printer). I've done all the available "up2date" upgrades except kernel, and nary a glitch in site. OTOH, I nevery let any (!!) distro update my mbr or grub, so you could consider that option untested. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Redhat 7.3 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
