[General] Thanks Burhan

[Burhan Khalid]

If you want to configure stuff before installing it, just install from 
source; which you can do with any distribution.

If you like to have a packaging system that allows you to configure 
things at install time; try any ports-based system (like well, FreeBSD 
or Gentoo's portage).

Regards,
Burhan

Majed B. wrote:
> Your sound card is supported on Linux and the drivers are available
> with the latest kernel. My Asus motherboard has them and they're
> working fine.
> 
> I moved from Windows to Linux 6 years ago, and moved from Windows ME
> to Slackware Linux. I had a second machine to access the Internet when
> I screwed up my Linux box ... used it for about a month until I got
> the hands on properly.
> 
> Slackware is the best way to truly toy with Linux, as every program or
> service requires you to configure it before using it, which means lots
> of manual reading! Amazing!
> 
> Stay away from Fedora.
> 
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:04 PM, D D <diemdias at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>  Thanks Burhan for your very insightful email. I am just scratching the surface right now and Mandriva, Fedora and Ubuntu seem like the better distributions when it comes to transitioning from windows. I hope to eventually master programming which all depends on how well I am able to adapt and pick up stuff.
>>
>>  I do agree that books are a little more on the boring side. I too prefer the more direct hands on approach, though a lot of linux users recommend learning first and planning the entire linux experience. I hope to make it an interesting mix of both. Will try and document the outcomes as much as I can.
>>
>>  I have already installed Mandriva and it is pretty much Windows with a few challenges here and there. The only major problem I am facing is the sound card which doesn't seem to be working. There doesn't seem to be a sound driver for my HP dx7400 microtower which is shipped with a Realtek Ac '97 High definition sound card. Apart from this, I have done some minor stuff like linking java plugins in firefox and tranferring files using scp to my router (smoothwall, linux based).
>>
>>  I think I may just go with the Gentoo stage 1 idea. It will be a lot of hard work I can imagine but it should pay off. Also, I will wait for Fedora 9 to be released to install it perhaps over the Mandriva distribution.
>>
>>  Thanks again for your email. I really appreciate all the information you've provided. I will keep you posted as to how I am progressing.
>>
>>  Diem Dias
>>
>>
>>  CARPE DIEM BABY!
>>
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