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I think I'm going to try out Mandrake for awhile
(I'll be sure to not get 9.0). I have a Knoppix CD which appears to detect
all my hardware fabulously well (though I haven't tried out my speakers with it
yet). I would've installed Knoppix on my system, but was unable to figure
out with my extreme n00b Linux skills how to get it off the CD onto my hard
drive. Mandrake sounds interesting at any rate.
My biggest problem with Debian was, in fact,
getting my hardware set up on it. I don't know any coding at all (besides
HTML and _javascript_ which I don't think quite count), and mainly bugged various
friends over IRC almost endlessly to have them help me configure everything so
that it would work. I never did get my old sound card working (I have a
new, though equally cheap one now). I really don't have much time at all
to spend learning Linux right now, as I'm trying to graduate in August in
addition to about a million other things going on right now. So, I figure
an easy introduction will be good, after which I can delve deeper into stuff as
my time allows.
I unfortunately only have a standard CD-Rom drive
(which is dying slowly), and therefore can't burn myself the CD images.
But, luckily, one of my friends offered to burn it for me, so life is
good.
Anyways, I'll probably be contributing to this
lovely little list a lot more as I try to get things figured out. Thanks
for all the suggestions!
Kirsa Stay
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