Well 8 is good, but not quite polished off yet. 7.2 has its little boogers in it too, but is not bad. I installed 8.0 and so far its pretty good. If you really need it quick you may wish to go get 7.2 in the box. On Thursday 10 May 2001 10:00 pm, so spoke Michelle Knight: > 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