Re: Finding and installing drivers - HOWTO?

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:56:08 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

Ah, I remember hearing nVidia horror stories now... Was it a bad idea
to go with this particular motherboard? Should I dump it and start over
with something a bit more Linux-friendly? Or will a newer distributions
fare better with what I have? Is Slack 12 a good way to go? I've
always been comfortable with Slackware - but is it still a viable
option?

Go back and read my previous answer to you.

Slackware-12.0 runs almost perfectly well on your chipset. I have an
Asus M2N-MXSE MB with the NV6150/NF430 chipset and the only problem I had
with Slackware was its flaky handling of the USB printer port.

If you use a USB printer then install Debian Etch and upgrade to Lenny.
.

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