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bmxdirtbag:
:( then how would i get internet going?
I have a gateway 1.3ghz p4, 384mb ram, geforce 2 mx400, 20gig 5400 ata 100 hd, soundblaster live value, NEC dvd, a-open cd-writer. I'm running a Epson Stylus Colour 580, a very old HP Laserjet IIP, and a Canon Canoscan N670U/N676U, the epson and canon r usb, and the laserjet is parallel.
would i have many compatability problems with my current system? and if there are any, what would i have to change?
thanks
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
The only thing that may be of trouble for your system would be your printers but HP support their printers in linux.
Try and get a popular distro that is good for newcomers. Try SuSE 8.1 as it has very good support for a wide range of hardware, some say it has the best while others will say RedHat has the best. Try either one of these 2 first. My preference is towards SuSE, i've tried them both but i find SuSE to be better for a newcomer.
dishawjp:
quote: I would personally stay away from dial-up with linux becuase most internal modems are winmodems and wont work
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Wild_Jester is partially correct on the modem issue. Win modems and Linux computers are a pain, but I have two Linux boxes that both connect to the 'net with modems. One uses an external Zoom modem and the other is an internal US Robotics. No problem connection with either. Just make sure that you're using a "hardware" modem and not a "win modem." Although even if you do have a win modem, I think that there are places to download Linux drivers for many of them. I've never tried, but I'm certain that others here have.
Jim
Calum:
i find that getting shitty modems to work in linux is a no go, simply because the modem is half finished and the missing bits need to be emulated in software. don't go there.
On the other hand it's not hard to get a decent modem. I just bought an external 56k serial modem for my desktop for 20 pounds and i have a PCMCIA modem for my laptop and they both work fine (any serial port modem will work in linux by the way with no drivers required).
Pantso:
Calum is right. Since you're on dialup, I would also suggest a serial modem (preferably a USR one), since they certainly do work in Linux. Winmodems on the other hand are a whole different story, since they require special drivers which emulate the missing hardware parts they lack. Unfortunately, most of these modems (mainly PCI and some USB ones) work only in Windows, but there are some drivers for Linux as well (that's why those modems are also called linmodems). If you have a modem and are not sure whether it is a hardware or software one, go to this page and check it out.
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