And so it begins, installing Linux tonight, last minute questions.

[Temlakos]

David Cary Hart wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 21:19 -0500, Kyle Lagonegro (Student-Lagone37)
> wrote:
> 
>>Again sorry for just asking you guys and not looking around, but I know you guys can give it to me straight in a way I can understand.  I thank you a million times.
>>
>>Tonight I'm planning on installing Linux, and I think I'm going to completely whip out Windows and just work from Linux.  But there is a question I'm curious to know before I lose my internet for a while.
>>
>>When installing Windows you need drivers to get all the stuff working correctly, do I need these, or any subsitutes for Linux or were they included in the 4 CD download I made?  (I'm mainly worried about the one for my Ethernet card because without that I have no way to get a hold of you guys easily.)
>>
> 
> I haven't met a NIC yet that would not install properly "our of the
> box". Which card?

Make sure your NIC doesn't have a Broadcomm chipset! They don't comply. 
I know--I stuck a Knoppix disk into a 2002 Dell and it couldn't find the 
Internet.

But other than that--Linux support for existing hardware gets better all 
the time. Hey--you don't know until you try.

Temlakos