It depends on the SATA chipset being used.
AFAIK, ICH5/ICH5R SATA can be detected by RH 7.3

I'm a non-linux user and never use linux before. but now i wanna try it.
which distro of linux should i start with? TQ

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Added on March 28, 2007, 8:43 pmI'm a non-linux user and never use linux before. but now i wanna try it.
which distro of linux should i start with? TQ

This post has been edited by de4thscythell: Mar 28 2007, 08:43 PM

Any distro would do.
Just simply pick any and just change if you don't like it.
It takes time to appreciate it.

There a linux distro that have a project planner with it, i did installed that distro before but now i dont know which 1 already. Any ideal which one.
By the way which distro is best for office use that can communicate well with window server and microsoft file system. Thank

Ooo. ok then. If that so, maybe I should start with Ubuntu coz I just remember that a friend of mine got its cd.

Thanks kons.

Ubuntu is an excellent distro to start out with. After all, it's called "Linux for Human Beings" and the developers are making Ubuntu as user-friendly as possible.

Why is ppl still going towards Redhat 9 or 7.3? Those are Really old and you shouldn't be using those unless you know how to backport security packages to fit those systems.

Go with the newer ones or try ubuntu as someone suggested.

I use Gentoo. I love the CLI.

Gosh. thanks guys! I guess i should start from now on. There's a lot of thing i need to know about linux.

probably for specific needs. like an aodv mesh router would need a 2.4 kernel to run, so RH9 is the best bet. i myself still prefer RH9, maybe because i'm so used to it. the newer linux are just too fancy . FC still has the RH feels but it boots too slow and opensSuSe(currently using) just feels weird.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Mar 30 2007, 04:19 PM

just donwloaded fedora core 6, will install tonight!!!

I'm all for centos

I got an old pc.. celeron900mhz 128ram, everything integrated.
Fail to install windows xp... now wanna try open source, but not much knowldege in it.
Any suggestion and necessary steps?
I read an article can use damnsmalllinux and boot it, then can use already.

With DSL (DamnSmallLinux), there's nothing to configure in order to use.
Just burn the iso (approx 50mb) into a CD and boot from it.

sorry guys,
i couldn't find the link to download mandriva one 2007 spring
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download

it is mentioned on the page that 1 free cd version : download and try it now, but....
where is the download link?

well, ....
it seems, the direct link isn't there... (i could be wrong)

we could find more on there page here.
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/otherdownloads/move


This post has been edited by sleepsleep: Apr 17 2007, 08:21 PM

Hi there.

It is stated in the page.
SOON you will be able to download the brand new Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring!
So it's not yet released.

i have just installed Ubuntu's Feisty fawn on my previously Ubuntu's edgy eft. for your info to those whose computer doesn't have very high spec, they can try installing Xubuntu which is a variant of Ubuntu but uses xfce desktop environment instead of gnome or any linux distro but uses xfce desktop environment for that matter.

"Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for various *NIX systems. Designed for productivity, it loads and executes applications fast, while conserving system resources." - Olivier Fourdan, creator of Xfce

for those who are interested in knowing when or where their favourite linux distro is derive from can check out this Linux distro timeline by KDE.
http://kde-files.org/CONTENT/content-files...imeline-7.2.png

it has been released.
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/mandrivaone

I wondering any 'open source media center' except GeexBox?
Feel like wanna turn my celeron 900 pc for just playing mp3s.

Which distro I should install?
My requirment;

Must have Java,python,everything so when I install programes I wouldn't have problems with dependcacacies (like when i install AVG it said my distro didn't have bla,bla.

By the way my distro I use now is OPENSUSE.

And actually I want to try Debian,but I'm scared by it's 14cds but some forummer said we only need 3 CD to install Debian,so what is the function of the other 10+ cds?

This post has been edited by yuchankit: May 1 2007, 12:13 AM

you can't get rid of dependencies absolutely.

some packages would have dependencies that's outside normal repository scope.

using package manager might be able to solve some, but not all.

however, when installing a distro, installing everything would help a bit in that.