I have gotten on a Linux kick again here lately and I have decided to ask for suggestions in regards to my PC and a Linux distro that will actually run well on it. My main PC is an Athlon XP 2600+ with a gig of DDR RAM, 2 x 80GB 7200RPM harddrives, NEC DVD Burner, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro, and a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card. In the past week I have installed Mandrake 10.0 Download Edition and Debian 3.0 installed via the netinstall iso image.
Pros and Cons of Mandrake 10.0 for me:
Pros
1. Easy installation
2. Most of my hardware was detected
3. X was actually configured at a decent resolution....1280 x 1024 which is the optimum resolution for my monitor.
Cons
1. Soundcard module was not loaded by default during the boot process. Had to load with modprobe each time for lack of a better way of doing it.
2. The process of installing RPMs and dealing with dependencies is just a pain.
Pros and Cons of Debian 3.0 via Netinstall
Pros
1. Easy installation...just booted off the cd...answered a few questions...and off it went.
2. Straight-forward package management with apt
Cons
1. Apparently my 9600 Pro was not detected correctly since X started up at a horrid resolution of 800 x 600.
2. The module for my soundcard was not loaded...in fact...my soundcard was not detected at all.
I hope this doesn't come off sounding like a rant...just looking for opinions, suggestions, or input in general...
Pros and Cons of Mandrake 10.0 for me:
Pros
1. Easy installation
2. Most of my hardware was detected
3. X was actually configured at a decent resolution....1280 x 1024 which is the optimum resolution for my monitor.
Cons
1. Soundcard module was not loaded by default during the boot process. Had to load with modprobe each time for lack of a better way of doing it.
2. The process of installing RPMs and dealing with dependencies is just a pain.
Pros and Cons of Debian 3.0 via Netinstall
Pros
1. Easy installation...just booted off the cd...answered a few questions...and off it went.
2. Straight-forward package management with apt
Cons
1. Apparently my 9600 Pro was not detected correctly since X started up at a horrid resolution of 800 x 600.
2. The module for my soundcard was not loaded...in fact...my soundcard was not detected at all.
I hope this doesn't come off sounding like a rant...just looking for opinions, suggestions, or input in general...