Re: Anyone help a newbie?

From: ray (ray_at_msn.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:09:02 -0700

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:41:04 +0000, Paul wrote:

> 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

Of the three, MDK would probably suit you better, BUT if your disk is big
enough, there is no reason you can't install them all.