Anyone help a newbie?

From: Paul (pdb086_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:41:04 +0000 (UTC)

Sorry guys - as an experienced Windows user (can I admit that in here?) I do
realise how tedious answering these must be...

After getting a bigger hard drive, I decided to dual boot Windows and
Linux...

Firstly, I have the choice of SuSE 8.1 Professional (7 CDs); Mandrake 9.2 (3
CDs); Redhat 9 (3 CDs) - any particularly suited to a newcomer?

Secondly, when I had a play with SuSE, I got it up and running fine, apart
from not being able to get some hardware working - including my modem,
unfortunately... It's the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB for ADSL (yes, the
frog/stingray type thing) - I downloaded what claimed to be drivers from
http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/, but couldn't find anywhere to do anything
with them...

Any help would be much appreciated.

Paul