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n 04/02/07, Peter M Le Mare <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > All of you who have responded to my earlier posting - thank you very much. > It has been most helpful. I will try to e-mail all those that contacted me > personally. > > Some of you asked about my PC's specs and printers etc. For info it is a > self built system AMD 2800+, 512Mb memory, Philips DVD, 2 X 40Gb HDD. You shouldn't have any trouble with this hardware! I've got an AMD 1800+ and 512Mb memory and it runs like a dream... > My Broadband modem > is a Sagem F@st 800 E3. That might be a small problem. I had the same modem and although there are drivers it might need a bit of tweaking. I'd be able to point you in the direction of the drivers but I'm not sure I'd be much help in getting them running... > > I realise that I must decide myself what distro to use and that this is one > of the values of Linux but the general consensus seems to be Ubuntu or > Kubunto (I understand Gnome or KDE) are best particularly for a beginner. As > I have got Fedora core 6 (I understand this is Red Hat - Oh I've just got it > Fedora is a hat!) but I may well get the other magazine issue Ubunto. Nothing wrong with Fedora! I used it when I was first starting out, just over a year ago, and it was fine. I still use it now infact :-D I hope you get it all sorted and enjoy GNU/Linux!! Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html