[ale] Looking For Constructive Help

[Chris Woodruff]

I would recommend a 3Dfx or Matrox G400 video card since there are great
drivers for linux available.  I have a TNT2 card which I like but Nvidia
doesn't seem to get the idea of having open sourced drivers yet.

You are going to need more RAM if you want to run vmware.  I have heard
that 128M just for vmware is the minimum.  So get as much as you can
afford.

DO NOT install RH 7.0!!  I had it and had problems. I reinstalled 6.2
and my system is noticeably faster than when I was running 7.0.  There
are things that RH needs to fix.  I also had issues with compiling the
kernel.    You can still find 6.2 so get that.  I would also recommend
Mandrake or Debian distros.

Here are some good links for the newbie --

www.linux.com
www.linux.org
www.linuxnewbie.org
www.linuxtoday.com

If you have questions use this list.  Everyone here helps and will give
good advice.

Chris Woodruff

Ryan Koutch wrote:
> 
>     Hey y'all.  I've been 'dabbling' with linux off and on for a year or
> two now and want to get into converting 100%.  I am looking for advice
> on an AGP card as well as a sound card.  The rest of the system is set
> to go.  My ultimate goal would be to have vmware running with this to
> help ease the transition.  The m/b is based on the 440 bx set, so the
> AGP card would probably need to be an older version ( correct me if I am
> wrong ).  This setup is currently a PII 450 w 128 mb's.  Will that be
> enough to run vmware successfully or should this be upgraded to 256
> mb's?  Hard drives are not an issue.
>     My next question is this.  I have a copy of RH 5.2  I saw in the
> stores that RH 7.x is out now.  Has anyone had any experience with
> version 7?  Unfortunately, I only have modem access to the Internet, so
> to d/l the images is out of the question.
>     I read the how-to's at ldp as well as redhat but they don't seem to
> be current.
>     I wouldn't mind some pointers to 'newbie' sites or other helpful
> links.  Doing the research doesn't bother me, I just don't where to
> start.  This seems to become overwhelming at times.
> 
>     TIA,
> 
>     Ryan
> 
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