Linux & MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 Ultra) questions...

From: morningdew (yahooaddyismorning42dew_at_spam.free)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:35:41 -0600

Hi! I should have thought to post here before I spent the money, but
anyway.... I have an MSI k8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard coming and
wondered if anyone out there has experiences with Linux on this board.
It uses the NVidia nForce3 Ultra chipset. I read that NVidia has
drivers for this... Basically what I am asking for is any heads-up or
advice before it shows up. I should be getting it in a few days, and
would like to be prepared. Nothing worse than getting a new toy and not
being able to play with it right away!

I am presently running Mandrake 10.1 Community but have downloaded
Ubuntu for the AMD64. I had requested CDs from them over a month ago
but never got any. I will try Ubuntu, but I am open to
recommendations... I like Gnome but KDE is a lot prettier. Regardless,
I will be installing both on whatever distro so don't even bother trying
to convert me one way or the other.

I am thinking that I would like to try Debian or a variant for a while.
  I know there are as many opinions as stars in the sky on which distro
kicks which other distro in the fanny and all, but I will dare to ask...
  What are the relative benefits of the Debian and Red-Hat/Fedora
models? How does APT and all compare with RPMs?

Mandrake uses RPMs and they are okay... but the tools could be better.
There is not always much info about what the install did. Lots of times
I have to go hunting for the software after it installs. All and all a
better software manager would help a lot. One that keeps track of where
stuff gets put, for instance, and keeps a useful database.

What is the benefit for a home user for Security Enhanced Linux?

I am also trying to set up a firewall and intrusion detection.
Shorewall seems to have done its thing but it sure doesn't give much
feedback. For intrusion detection I came across SNORT, but I gotta tell
you that it is confusing. Is there anything a little friendlier out there?

Thanks for your time!

       morningdew

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