Taking the Plunge-- Still

[jmneedham at kc.rr.com]

Hi guys:

Thought Gentoo would be cool,but I am obviously not seasoned enough to know what I am doing with 
it.  Got the X server up and still dinking... made a decision to try and download the FTP install 
for SuSE 8.2 because it is still not Redhat or Mandrake (no offense please to those of you who like 
those distros, just not had good luck with them myself)... Debian would be a good idea too, is 
there a P4 optimised version of it out there and it is easy to install?  Is SuSE easy to install?  
I want to avoid building my own kernel for the time being because I frankly don't know what i am 
doing obviously... thanks for any and all help.

Your advice is welcome!

--
J. Mike Needham
jmneedham at kc.rr.com
Kansas USA

----- Original Message -----
From: Kris Bodenheimer <numa at thenuma.com>
Subject: Re: Taking the Plunge-- Still

> Did you compile in iso9660 support for mounting cdroms?  Also, why 
> are 
> you compiling up kde?  first things first, get X working, jack 
> with Kde 
> later.  BTW, you know there really isn't speed gained from using 
> gentoo, 
> it's cool, I used to run it, BUT, debian is just as fast, easier 
> to 
> learn, and you don't have to wait 3 days for things to compile.
> 
> I do have a usb wireless card working on my linux laptop.
> 
> your video card is well supported.
> 
> there aren't drivers for your realtek card because you didn't 
> compile 
> the module up for it.  recompile your kernel, use make menuconfig 
> instead of make config.
> 
> Kris
> 
>